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No Case Against Prostitute's 'Customer' as There is No Legal Provision, Says Court; Experts Unhappy

The petitioner who approached the Karnataka High Court was a customer in a brothel in Bengaluru. After a police raid, the petitioner was arrested and was recently released on bail. ...
Debayan Roy-September 18, 2018,6:41 pm IST India
As Govt Data Pegs Manual Scavenging Deaths at 123 in India, NGO Says Over 400 Killed in Delhi Alone

In 2013, the government had recognised 12,742 manual scavengers in 13 states, of which 82 per cent were in Uttar Pradesh alone. But the 2011 census showed that 740,078 households across the country were still dependent on manual scavengers....
Debayan Roy-September 18, 2018,4:12 pm IST India
Stinking Reality of Manual Scavenging in India: Does the Law Exist Only on Paper?

In 2013, right after the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers act came into force, the government had recognised 12,742 manual scavengers in 13 states. ...
Debayan Roy-September 18, 2018,11:45 am IST India
Is Writer Lois Sofia's Arrest by TN Cops Over a Slogan Justified? Here's What the Law Says

On Tuesday, Lois Sofia was granted bail by the Thoothukudi court amid uproar over her arrest. Many took to social media and questioned if someone can be arrested for such sloganeering at the airport....
Debayan Roy-September 4, 2018,2:27 pm IST India
Make 18 Legal Age for Marriage for Men Too, Suggests Law Panel

The commission also noted that not only was polygamy a “rare” practice among Muslims but the real threat was of others converting to Islam merely to enjoy the practice of having multiple wives....
Debayan Roy-August 31, 2018,6:58 pm IST India
If Country Not Open to Criticism, Independence Makes No Difference: Law Commission on Sedition

The paper also cited examples of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who was charged with sedition over the alleged anti-India slogans on the campus. ...
Debayan Roy-August 31, 2018,9:13 am IST India
Law Panel Backs Simultaneous Elections in 'Greater National Interest', Steers Clear of Final Report

The commission has stated that simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha and state assemblies (except in J&K) will save public money and ensure better implementation of government policies but Article 172 of the Constitution requires to be amended for the same....
Debayan Roy-August 30, 2018,8:48 pm IST India
Law Panel Fails to Cross Hung Parliament, Constitutional Amendments Hurdles to Joint Polls Finish Line

The stalemate over simultaneous polls report comes soon after the law panel refrained from submitting a report on Uniform Civil Code after the sixth schedule of the Constitution had proven to be a roadblock....
Debayan Roy-August 30, 2018,5:57 pm IST India
Why Punjab’s Sacrilege Law Can Prove Dangerous for India

Can this new law, which proposes life imprisonment for desecration of all religious texts, become a stepping stone to more such laws in the country?...
Debayan Roy-August 30, 2018,1:56 pm IST Politics
Bhima Koregaon: How and Why the January Violence Snowballed Into Arrest of Rights Activists

Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao, Sudha Bharadwaj and activists Arun Fereira, Gautam Navlakha and Vernon Gonsalves were taken into custody on Tuesday over allegations of Maoist links and for inciting the Bhima Koregaon violence....
Debayan Roy-August 29, 2018,9:43 am IST India
EC to Discuss Voting Right for Domestic Migrants at All-Party Meet; No Mention of Simultaneous Polls

According to reports, the agenda note, as sent to political parties also lays down the question of handling social media when campaigning needs to be silenced just 48 hours before the election. ...
Debayan Roy-August 27, 2018,10:12 am IST India
Officers Promoted Years After Retirement, Courts Blame Army's 'Tactic' to Cover Vacancies

Citing a recent promotion case, an Armed Forces Tribunal bench hinted at governments' interference in armed forces . The tribunal noted that the government had filed a false affidavit, saying that there were only two vacancies for a regiment, while in reality there were three....
Debayan Roy-August 25, 2018,8:36 pm IST India
Narada Laws & Godse 'Sacrifice': How Mahasabha Wants to Bring 'Ram Rajya' With 1st 'Hindu Court'

The concept of ‘Hindu courts’, announced on August 15 by the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha on the lines of Sharia courts for Muslims, aims to deliver ‘justice’ based on the ‘Narada Shastra’....
Debayan Roy-August 25, 2018,3:38 pm IST India
CBSE Thinks it is Like CBI, But That's Not So: Madras HC Pulls up Board For Flouting no Homework Ruling

On Monday, the court directed CBSE to issue advertisements in all leading newspapers warning schools affiliated to it, across the country, of strict action if they violate court order banning homework for students of classes I and II. ...
Debayan Roy-August 20, 2018,6:02 pm IST India
No Decision on Uniform Civil Code as Law Panel Chairman Set to Retire, Sixth Schedule Also a Hurdle

The law ministry, in July 2016, had asked the Law Commission to determine if UCC was possible in India....
Debayan Roy-August 20, 2018,4:52 pm IST India

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