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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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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A larger Supreme Court bench is likely to hear the matter. A two-judge bench hearing the case for criminalizing marital rape passed a split verdict, keeping marital rape as an exception to Section 375 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The division bench consisted of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice C Hari Shankar. The […]
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Until the review of the Section 124A of Indian Penal Code is complete, the Supreme Court (SC) has asked centre and states not to exercise any provision of the law. The Supreme Court on Wednesday passed an order to pause the usage of the sedition law. The states and central government are not to register […]
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The Chief Justice said that it is concerned about pending and future cases till the government re-examines the sedition law.\ The Supreme Court of India (SC)has given the government time till Wednesday morning, to file its response with the court on whether the sedition law can be paused while it is being reviewed. The Chief […]
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Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act & Delhi Municipal Corporation Amendment Act get President’s approval The President of India has given assent to the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 which allows investigating officers to collect the biometric details of prisoners, and the Delhi Municipal Corporation Bill, 2022, to merge the three municipal corporations in Delhi. Sanjay Vashishtha, […]
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The division bench heard a petition filed by six councilors for voting during municipal council meetings. The Karnataka High Court (HC) has ruled that the nominated members to the municipal councils have no right to vote in the municipal council meetings. The division bench of the High Court, consisting of Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice […]
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High Court of Karnataka restated that a customer in a brothel cannot be brought into criminal proceedings. After hearing the petition filed by a man who was charged in such a case, the single judge bench of Justice M Nagarpasanna said, “It is not in dispute that the petitioner was a customer in the brothel […]
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Victims of heinous crimes and their families wait a long time to receive any relief Harish Mallani’s father, a farmer, went missing one day in Chamarajanagar district. The family filed a missing report with the police. After 10 days, they received an answer. “My father’s throat had been slit. The body had been burned almost […]
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The opposition claims that the recently passed bill in the Lok Sabha is discriminatory for LGBTQIA+ community and single men seeking fatherhood. Queer activists say that the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Regulation Bill is not only discriminatory but also homophobic in nature. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister says that the contradiction in two existing laws […]
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