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Ranveer Allahbadia case: I&B Ministry examining current provisions, need for new legal framework to regulate content

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry is examining the existing statutory provisions and the need for a new legal framework to regulate "harmful" content amid complaints of "obscenity and violence" being shown on digital platforms. Legal framework to regulate content It told the Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology headed by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey that while certain provisions exist …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Parl panel seeks I.T. ministry reply on how law tackles obscene content

Hindustan Times

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey, who heads the parliamentary standing committee on communications and information technology, on Wednesday sought a note from the ministry on the efficacy of existing laws to deal with obscene content, and the need to amend the existing IT Act, 2000. According to a senior functionary of the panel, it is set to recommend to …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka government resends MFI Ordinance to Governor without change, but with detailed explanation on his objections

The Hindu

The Karnataka government has resent the Karnataka Micro Loan and Small Loan Ordinance, 2025, to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot without any changes. The Governor had said: “If all the pending loans with interest as on date is discharged, the lawful and genuine lenders may face trouble.” Referring to this, the government clarified that none of the unlicensed firms or persons had …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka: Governor returns microfinance Ordinance, says existing laws can be used to curb harassment

The Hindu

Flagging problem areas in the Karnataka Micro Loan and Small Loan Ordinance, 2025, Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on Friday returned it to the State government suggesting that the Ordinance will benefit only borrowers and no provisions have been made to provide protection to lenders. Moreover, the Governor suggested to the government to enforce the existing laws effectively to prevent harassment of …

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4 months ago

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: Vaishnaw

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The government is mulling stringent laws to check vulgar content on social media posts and other platforms like over-the-top or OTT, saying that such platforms are required to appoint grievance officers and set up a mechanism for addressing user complaints. "There is a need to make existing laws more stringent laws to curb vulgar content on social media …

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Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says stringent laws needed to curb vulgar content on social media

Hindustan Times

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said there is a need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media platforms. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi. There is a need to make existing laws more stringent laws to curb vulgar content on social …

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4 months ago

'Parliament's standing committee to take up the issue', says Ashwini Vaishnaw on laws to check vulgar content

India TV News

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw today spoke about the laws to check vulgar content on social media. Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content: Vaishnaw Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said there is a need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media platforms. There is a need to make …

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4 months ago

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: I&B Minister Vaishnaw

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said there is a need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media platforms. Today, social media is a platform for freedom of press but it is uncontrolled and there is vulgar content, the minister said during the Question Hour. There is a need to make existing …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Bulldozing three existing laws: Chidambaram slams govt over new criminal laws

Hindustan Times

New Delhi, With the three new criminal laws coming into effect, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday slammed the government and said it was another case of "bulldozing" existing laws and replacing them with three new bills without adequate discussion and debate. Bulldozing three existing laws: Chidambaram slams govt over new criminal laws The former home minister said that …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Gather info on existing laws over collection, sale of breast milk’: Karnataka HC tells advocate

Hindustan Times

Bengaluru High Court of Karnataka, Bangalore, India The Karnataka high court has instructed an advocate, who appeared on behalf of a petitioner urging the law to prevent the sale of breast milk storage and sale, to collect information about existing laws related to the issue. A division bench, headed by Chief Justice NV Anjaria and justice Krishna S. Dixit, heard …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita A 'Copy-Paste' Of Indian Penal Code, 'Wasteful Exercise' : P Chidambaram

Live Law

The three Bills introduced by the Union Government to replace the Indian Penal Code i "largely a copy and paste of existing laws", said Member of Parliament and Senior Advocate P Chidambaram in his dissent note submitted to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs.He said the enactment of these three Bills will be a "wasteful exercise that will have …

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1 year, 5 months ago

State Amendments Made To VAT Acts After GST Came Into Effect Are Invalid : Supreme Court

Live Law

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court, while deciding the appeals arising from judgments of Telangana, Gujarat and Bombay High Court with respect to the validity of VAT Amendment Act in their respective states, made several significant findings regarding Section 19 of the Constitution Act, 2016, which allowed the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax. The Court also noted: …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Delhi High Court Refuses To Put Complete Ban On Sale Of Acid, Directs State To Ensure Proper Implementation Of Existing Laws

Live Law

While refusing to put a complete ban on the sale of acid in the national capital, the Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Delhi Government to ensure proper implementation of existing laws and take swift action against those using it unlawfully. The court said a complete ban may inadvertently affect businesses and individuals who require it for lawful purposes …

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1 year, 11 months ago

In Bahamas, conch fishing is way of life. But for how long?

Associated Press

FREEPORT, Bahamas — Tereha Davis, whose family has fished for conch from waters around the Bahamas for five generations, remembers when she could walk into the water from the beach and pick up the marine snails from the seabed. Edmond Coverley pulls up conch shells from his underwater pen to bring to a fish market for sale in West End, …

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1 year, 11 months ago

In Bahamas, a struggle to save conch, and a way of life

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A 2022 report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …

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2 years, 8 months ago

UN body asks India to respond on concerns around mega projects in the Andamans

The Hindu

Published : Jul 22, 2022 19:18 IST The Central government is going ahead with two mega development projects in the eco-sensitive Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which environmentalists say pose a grave threat to the ecology of the islands and also endanger the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups inhabiting these islands. The two mega development projects, to be completed by 2050, are …

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3 years, 2 months ago

The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill has a flawed notion of gender justice

The Hindu

It has become a habit of sorts for the National Democratic Alliance government to usher in legislation that either no one wants or that defies logic. Therefore, there has been a steady increase in enrolment in higher education by women even when the legal age of marriage was set at 18. If 40.8 per cent women were married off before …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Are tougher laws the answer to check online abuse?

The Hindu

Following widespread criticism, the Kerala government has decided to withdraw an Ordinance that gives unbridled powers to the police to arrest anyone expressing or disseminating any matter that it deems defamatory. Edited excerpts: The principal argument of the Kerala government in bringing this law was that the Central government had not brought in legislation yet to replace the revoked Section …

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6 years, 6 months ago

Banking royal commission interim report released; blames greed for misconduct

ABC

The banking and financial services royal commission has released its interim report, covering consumer lending, financial planning, business lending, farm finance and Indigenous finance. Key points: Banking staff performance measured and rewarded based on profit and sales, Commissioner Hayne says He says regulators also failed to check the financial sector's greed Commissioner Hayne asks whether existing laws should be simplified …

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6 years, 6 months ago

Section 377 reactions updates: Time for Parliament to review existing laws, says International Commission of Jurists

Firstpost

2:10 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Transperson Speaks: SC judgments has little to do with the manner in which it transforms into rights or as to how society functions Author of ‘The Truth About Me: A Hijra Life Story’ and ‘A Life in Trans activism’ Revathi said: “A lot of effort has gone into this judgment, I am thankful to all …

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6 years, 7 months ago

Does the anti-trafficking Bill address trafficking?

The Hindu

YES | Sampurna Behura The Bill goes beyond criminalisation; it tries to combat the organised nature of trafficking India took a giant step towards the protection of its women and children when the Criminal Law Act was passed by the Lok Sabha in 2013. The Bill also states that “whoever solicits or publicises electronically, taking or distributing obscene photographs or …

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7 years, 2 months ago

From GST To Mental Healthcare: Here Are The Laws That Were Notified In 2017

Live Law

The year 2017 saw enactment of around 20 new laws and more than a dozen amendments to existing laws. The Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, provides for the levy of the Central Goods and Services Tax by the Centre on the supply of goods and services within the boundary of a state. Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017 …

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7 years, 5 months ago

Revenge porn: Are current laws punishing stupidity and naivety rather than criminality?

ABC

Australia is moving quickly toward creating specific laws as the most appropriate way to deal with the perceived menace of revenge porn. The new laws Australia now has more states and territories with specific revenge porn laws than those without. The UK, Canada, New Zealand and Japan are just some of the countries to adopt specific revenge porn laws. Many …

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7 years, 10 months ago

Analyst claims that existing laws of live broadcast are not applicable to social media platforms

Firstpost

On the heels of Facebook defending its “Content Policy”, a research analyst has said that existing laws on live broadcasts don’t apply to the internet. On the heels of Facebook defending its “Content Policy” after the leak of its content moderation guidelines, a research analyst has said that existing laws on live broadcasts don’t apply to the internet. “The social …

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Ranveer Allahbadia case: I&B Ministry examining current provisions, need for new legal framework to regulate content

Parl panel seeks I.T. ministry reply on how law tackles obscene content

Karnataka government resends MFI Ordinance to Governor without change, but with detailed explanation on his objections

Karnataka: Governor returns microfinance Ordinance, says existing laws can be used to curb harassment

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: Vaishnaw

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says stringent laws needed to curb vulgar content on social media

'Parliament's standing committee to take up the issue', says Ashwini Vaishnaw on laws to check vulgar content

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: I&B Minister Vaishnaw

Bulldozing three existing laws: Chidambaram slams govt over new criminal laws

‘Gather info on existing laws over collection, sale of breast milk’: Karnataka HC tells advocate

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita A 'Copy-Paste' Of Indian Penal Code, 'Wasteful Exercise' : P Chidambaram

State Amendments Made To VAT Acts After GST Came Into Effect Are Invalid : Supreme Court

Delhi High Court Refuses To Put Complete Ban On Sale Of Acid, Directs State To Ensure Proper Implementation Of Existing Laws

In Bahamas, conch fishing is way of life. But for how long?

In Bahamas, a struggle to save conch, and a way of life

UN body asks India to respond on concerns around mega projects in the Andamans

The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill has a flawed notion of gender justice

Are tougher laws the answer to check online abuse?

Banking royal commission interim report released; blames greed for misconduct

Section 377 reactions updates: Time for Parliament to review existing laws, says International Commission of Jurists

Does the anti-trafficking Bill address trafficking?

From GST To Mental Healthcare: Here Are The Laws That Were Notified In 2017

Revenge porn: Are current laws punishing stupidity and naivety rather than criminality?

Analyst claims that existing laws of live broadcast are not applicable to social media platforms