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As tech evolves, so must our regulatory frameworks: Pralhad Joshi
1 day, 6 hours ago

As tech evolves, so must our regulatory frameworks: Pralhad Joshi

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The Union government enacted an amended Consumer Protection Act in 2019 to deal with newer challenges in a digitised, technologically evolving marketplace where traditional consumer safeguards no longer apply. In an interview with Zia Haq on the occasion of National Consumers’ Day, Union food and consumer affairs minister Pralhad Joshi answers key questions on consumer rights. Edited excerpts: …

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Advocates renew a push for states to enact voting protections
2 weeks ago

Advocates renew a push for states to enact voting protections

NPR  

Advocates renew a push for states to enact voting protections With efforts to bolster the federal Voting Rights Act unlikely under Republican control of the new Congress, advocates are refocusing on state protections against racial discrimination in elections. WANG: Adam Lioz of the Legal Defense Fund says voters are likely to see the new Republican-controlled Congress stall any push to …

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Children's Court Meant To Try Not Just Cases Where Child Rights Are Violated But Also Juveniles To Be Tried As Adults: MP High Court
1 month ago

Children's Court Meant To Try Not Just Cases Where Child Rights Are Violated But Also Juveniles To Be Tried As Adults: MP High Court

Live Law  

In a recent judgement, the MP High Court clarified the Children's Court is not only for trying the cases where child rights have been violated and victims are children but also for juveniles aged 16-18 who are accused of committing heinous offences. In Sections 15 and 18 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, it is laid down that Juvenile Justice …

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Children's Courts Notified For Speedy Trial Of Offences, Jurisdiction Of Criminal Courts Conducting Trial Not Taken Away: Kerala High Court
1 month, 1 week ago

Children's Courts Notified For Speedy Trial Of Offences, Jurisdiction Of Criminal Courts Conducting Trial Not Taken Away: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court held that the Magistrate Court does not lose its jurisdiction to try criminal cases merely because the State Government has notified Children's Courts for the speedy trial of offences against children. However, the Court stated that it is proper that the offences be tried by the Children's Court.The state government issued a notification in 2009 made …

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Awareness programme organised on Forest Rights Act implementation
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Awareness programme organised on Forest Rights Act implementation

The Hindu  

The Nilgiris district administration, in association with the Tamil Nadu Forest Department, held an awareness programme on Thursday in Cairn Hill, Udhagamandalam, on the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006. Speaking at the event, Nilgiris district collector Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru said that the Forest Rights Act, 2006, enshrines essential principles of human rights, community rights, and the right to …

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How John Roberts reshaped the law — and gutted the Voting Rights Act
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How John Roberts reshaped the law — and gutted the Voting Rights Act

Salon  

Chief Justice John Roberts famously promised to be a modest caller of balls and strikes during his confirmation hearings two decades ago. In the 2009 Northwest Austin case, the court heard an audacious challenge to the VRA’s crucial enforcement mechanism that required states with the worst history of racial vote suppression to get any changes to election laws approved in …

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Adivasis are Hindus: Law Minister cites Protection of Civil Rights Act
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Adivasis are Hindus: Law Minister cites Protection of Civil Rights Act

The Hindu  

Adivasis have been included as persons professing the Hindu religion in the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955, the government on Friday told the Parliament in response to a question raised by BJP MP Manna Lal Rawat. In a question to Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, Mr. Rawat had asked if the Act defined Hindus, and, if so, whether this …

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Why Joe Biden Couldn’t Hold Back on Supreme Court Reform Any Longer
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Joe Biden Couldn’t Hold Back on Supreme Court Reform Any Longer

Slate  

On Monday, President Joe Biden ended his resistance to calls for Supreme Court reform, announcing in the final months of his presidency his own proposal to reform the court. A wave of ethical scandals involving undisclosed lavish trips and gifts provided to multiple conservative members of the court, along with the open support by the wives of Justices Clarence Thomas …

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The Supreme Court ruling on portrayal of disability in films | Explained
5 months, 1 week ago

The Supreme Court ruling on portrayal of disability in films | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: On July 8, while hearing a plea to ban the film Aaankh Micholi for derogatory portrayal of people with disabilities, the Supreme Court in a landmark ruling laid down comprehensive guidelines to prevent stereotyping and discrimination of persons with disabilities in visual media, including films and documentaries. Chandrachud said stereotyping differently abled persons in visual media …

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Latinos found jobs and cheap housing in a Pennsylvania city but political power has proven elusive
7 months, 1 week ago

Latinos found jobs and cheap housing in a Pennsylvania city but political power has proven elusive

Associated Press  

HAZLETON, Pa. — Latinos seeking jobs and affordable housing have transformed Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in recent decades, but a federal lawsuit argues the way representatives are elected to their local school board is unfairly shutting them out of power. Nearly two-thirds of students in the Hazleton Area School District are Hispanic, but no Hispanic person has ever been elected to its …

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Supreme Court seeks Centre’s reply over bar on surrogacy
8 months ago

Supreme Court seeks Centre’s reply over bar on surrogacy

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of the Centre on a petition challenging the bar under the Surrogacy Act that prevents married couples who already have a child from having a second child through surrogacy. According to National Family Health Survey data, the petitioner pointed out, the trend of primary infertility depicts a gradual decrease over time Issuing …

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US Supreme Court Eases Path For Employees In Discrimination Lawsuits Over Job Transfers
8 months ago

US Supreme Court Eases Path For Employees In Discrimination Lawsuits Over Job Transfers

Live Law  

The US Supreme Court has made it easier for employees to pursue legal action against employers over job transfers that are allegedly discriminatory based on factors such as sex, race, religion, or national origin. Contentions of the Parties Jatonya Muldrow: Muldrow argued that her transfer from the Intelligence Division to a patrol position constituted employment discrimination based on her sex, …

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Law Enacted For Agrarian Reforms Not Violative Of Right To Property Under Article 300-A Of Constitution: Punjab & Haryana High Court
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Law Enacted For Agrarian Reforms Not Violative Of Right To Property Under Article 300-A Of Constitution: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Haryana's land reform law, the "Haryana Dholidar, Butimar, Bhondedar and Muqararidar ", observing that it "recognised the rights of tillers of the land. The Punjab & Haryana High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Haryana's land reform law, the "Haryana Dholidar, Butimar, Bhondedar and Muqararidar ", observing …

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Gay rights activists call for more international pressure on Uganda over anti-gay law
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Gay rights activists call for more international pressure on Uganda over anti-gay law

LA Times  

Human rights advocate Nicholas Opiyo speaks to journalists outside the Constitutional Court in Kampala, Uganda, on Wednesday after the court declared the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023 complies with the Uganda Constitution. Ugandan gay rights activists have asked the international community to mount more pressure on the government of Uganda to repeal an anti-gay law that the country’s Constitutional Court refused …

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States move to shore up voting rights protections after courts erode federal safeguards
8 months, 3 weeks ago

States move to shore up voting rights protections after courts erode federal safeguards

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — An appeals court ruling that weakened a key part of the Voting Rights Act is spurring lawmakers in several states to enact state-level protections to plug gaps that the ruling opened in the landmark federal law aimed at prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last year in an Arkansas case that voters …

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Supreme Court Served Up Another Chance to Kill Voting Rights Act
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Served Up Another Chance to Kill Voting Rights Act

Slate  

The end of January brought two momentous decisions from two very different courts. First, on Jan. 29, the left-leaning Pennsylvania Supreme Court declared that abortion restrictions constitute sex discrimination under the state’s Equal Rights Amendment, rendering them “presumptively unconstitutional.” Then, on Jan. 30, the hard-right U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit refused to reconsider an earlier opinion by …

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Federal appeals court won’t revisit ruling that limits scope of Voting Rights Act
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Federal appeals court won’t revisit ruling that limits scope of Voting Rights Act

Associated Press  

— A federal appeals court on Tuesday declined to reconsider its decision that would prevent private groups from suing under a key section of the Voting Rights Act, prompting a potential fight before the U.S. Supreme Court over a ruling that civil rights groups say erodes the law aimed at prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. Circuit Court of Appeals after …

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A federal court declines to revisit a ruling that could weaken the Voting Rights Act
10 months, 3 weeks ago

A federal court declines to revisit a ruling that could weaken the Voting Rights Act

NPR  

A federal court declines to revisit a ruling that could weaken the Voting Rights Act Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Alex Wong/Getty Images A federal appeals court has denied a request to revisit a ruling that could undermine a key tool for enforcing the Voting Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination in the election process. It's the …

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Denial Of Pension By Retrospectively Applying Amended Rule Violates Constitutional Rights Under Articles 14, 16: Allahabad High Court
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Denial Of Pension By Retrospectively Applying Amended Rule Violates Constitutional Rights Under Articles 14, 16: Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has held that denial of pension by retrospectively applying amended rule is a violation of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. While restoring pension of retired members State Electricity Regulatory Commission as prescribed under the unamended Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission Rules, 2008, the bench comprising of Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and Justice …

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Protection of nomadic tribes: NHRC stress on need for implementation of the Idate Commission report
11 months ago

Protection of nomadic tribes: NHRC stress on need for implementation of the Idate Commission report

The Hindu  

The National Human Rights Commission on Friday stressed on the need to implement the Idate Commission report that has recommended for setting up a permanent commission for Nomadic, Semi Nomadic, and De-Notified Tribes in India. Dr. Mulay said that De-Notified Tribes, Nomadic Tribes, and Semi-Nomadic Tribes also require proper means of livelihood and added that the colonial mindset about the …

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DEI opponents are using a 1866 Civil Rights law to challenge equity policies in the workplace
11 months, 1 week ago

DEI opponents are using a 1866 Civil Rights law to challenge equity policies in the workplace

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Opponents of workplace diversity programs are increasingly banking on a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to challenge equity policies as well as funding to minority-owned businesses. While the 1981 section had been used well before the latest affirmative action ruling to prove reverse discrimination, Alphonso David, Fearless Fund’s legal counsel who serves as president …

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Federal judge accepts redrawn Georgia congressional and legislative districts that will favor GOP
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Federal judge accepts redrawn Georgia congressional and legislative districts that will favor GOP

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A federal judge on Thursday accepted new Georgia congressional and legislative voting districts that protect Republican partisan advantages, saying the creation of new majority-Black voting districts solved the illegal minority vote dilution that led him to order maps to be redrawn. McBath said in a statement that she wouldn’t “allow an extremist few Republicans” to “decide when my …

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Seventeen years of Forest Rights Act: ATREE brings out resource materials for laypersons
1 year ago

Seventeen years of Forest Rights Act: ATREE brings out resource materials for laypersons

The Hindu  

Earlier this week on December 18, the landmark Forest Rights Act enacted by parliament in 2006 marked its 17th anniversary. On the occasion, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and The Environment, a Bengaluru-based research institution, released a bunch of resources including four videos on FRA, a documentary on the team’s work in Bastar, a webGIS mapping tool and a …

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North Carolina’s election maps for 2024 are racially biased, advocates say in lawsuit
1 year ago

North Carolina’s election maps for 2024 are racially biased, advocates say in lawsuit

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina voting-rights advocates sued Tuesday to overturn all of the redistricting plans drawn by Republicans and being used starting with the 2024 elections, saying legislative leaders unlawfully weakened the electoral influence of Black voters. “The General Assembly targeted predominantly Black voting precincts with surgical precision throughout the state in drawing and enacting the 2023 Plans, at …

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