Laws must protect environment: HC judge

At the Environment Support Group’s anniversary event, Justice Dutt encourages legal involvement in protecting the environment. Justice Sunil Dutt Yadav acknowledged the importance of strategic legal interventions for protecting the environment. Addressing the issue of privatization of lakes at ESG’s discussion, he said that it is important that courts of law are available for environmental […]

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Police to file charge sheet against peaceful protestors

Around 60 protestors were booked by the police while they were protesting the widening of the Sankey Tank Road. However, lawyers say that it is infringing on the rights of people to peacefully protest. The police is ready to file charge sheets against those who protested on February 19 against BBMP’s plan to widen the […]

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Trade unions at loggerheads with govt over Factories Bill

The Factories Bill, 2023 seeks to increase maximum shift hours from 9 hours to 12 hours while increasing overtime hours. All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and other prominent unions across Karnataka are planning to set up a series of protests in the coming months to oppose the Factories […]

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MSMEs in the city not aware of central government schemes

Many MSME entrepreneurs in the city do not apply for IPR protection due to high attorney fees etc. The new revision of the scheme will reimburse the amount taken to process the IP. Under the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) scheme of the Ministry of Medium and Small Enterprises (MSME), companies can receive a reimbursement of […]

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No room for platform workers under the legal umbrella

Workers in the unorganised sector like the ones affiliated with online platforms are at the mercy of their employers. The unorganised workers do not have a framework to take any legal action if they are treated unfairly by the companies. Most employees resort to strikes in order to get their demands met. Dathathreya Raju, National […]

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Tracks witness 468 deaths in last three years

Trespassing is the biggest issue; government’s plan to replace level crossings is still in the pipeline. Bengaluru has witnessed an increase in accidental deaths on railway tracks in the last three years with trespassing being one of the biggest reasons for them. In 2020, the number stood at 115, in 2021, it rose to 173 […]

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Karnataka passes anti-conversion ordinance

The controversial ordinance will stay in effect till the next assembly session. By Souptik Dutta, Mrunmayee Kulkarni, and Supriya Mehta The Karnataka cabinet has enacted the controversial anti-conversion law through an ordinance on Thursday.  The bill was passed by the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in December 2021. However, the government could not pass the bill in the Legislative […]

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