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Allahabad HC Verdict Comes As Saviour For Inter-Religious Couples Caught Between Special Marriage Act & UP Anti-Conversion Ordinance
The landmark verdict delivered by the Allahabad High Court to remove the mandatory publication of notice under the Special Marriage Act 1954(SMA) makes a mention of the problematic Uttar Pradesh Ordinance which criminalizes religious conversion for marriage.Coming amid a surcharged atmosphere created by rampant arrests under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, the judgment, which makes it easier for couples to register marriage under the secular law, is...
The Underworlds Of Whatsapp
Recently the most used mobile commodity Whatsapp sprang its wings in Non-European countries and introduced a new oxymoronic privacy policy for its Non-European users (includes Indian Users). Though termed as privacy policy, the enigma behind is the fact that it is a policy to publicise, exhibit and sell the privacy of users. "Killing you softly…" is the essence of whatsapp's new policy. While the relevant extracts of the new privacy policy updated on January 4th, 2021 for anyone living...
Taking Sufferings Of Farmers Seriously
Hundreds of thousands of farmers are sitting on dharna in this bone-chilling winter on Delhi borders for the last one month but the government is hardly bothered about their sufferings and grievances. These farmers are protesting against three farm laws passed by Parliament of India recently during the Monsoon session. These laws are: Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, (2) Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020, and (3) Farmers (Empowerment and...
Examining The Validity Of The Notification Of BCI Abolishing One Year LL.M
Recently the Bar Council of India passed a notification on 2.01.2020 inter alia abolishing the one year LL.M course and introducing the two year LL.M course shocking the conscience of many in the legal solidarity and law student's fraternity. Taking into that consideration, this article is written, thus, not to make any comment on the fact that whether two year LL.M course is better than one year LL.M course or vice versa, or to say that whether new notification passed by the Bar Council ...
Suspension Of Insolvency Proceedings And Its Effect On Bilateral Investment Treaties
Recently, the Government extended suspension of insolvency proceedings till 31st March, 2021. On 24th September, 2020, Rajya Sabha passed The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2020 by way of which it extended the suspension of Sections 7, 9 & 10 with a view to provide further relaxation period to companies adversely affected by COVID-19. The same was originally introduced by the government during March suspending the initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution...
Ambedkar, Minorities And The Bogey Of Love Jihad
Uttar Pradesh recently enacted Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of ReligionOrdinance, 2020. Brought with a sense of urgency by choosing the ordinance route, ostensibly the law is for the purpose of regulating religious conversions and punishing what the law describes as unlawful religious conversions.[1] While at it, the law reduces gender and sexuality to binaries of man and woman and reinforces the idea of marriage as a heterosexual preserve.[2] Further, it assumes that women are weak...
10 Important Factors An E-Commerce Entity Must Know To Deal With The Consumers In 2020
As per ministry of communication, Govt. of India, the number of internet users in India is expected to grow to 730 million by the year 2020. Due to adoption of digital technology, on the one hand E-commerce entity, where transactions occur directly with the consumers (B2C), multiplied rapidly and at the same time internet using consumers have grown fast in the past few years in India. Keeping in view the new set of challenges faced by consumers in the digital age, Consumer Protection Act,...
Need For Minimum Practice As Advocate For Judicial Service : Reigniting The Debate
"Judges do not have an easy job. They repeatedly do what the rest of us seek to avoid; make decisions" - Professor Pannick, Judges Recently, Rule 5(2)(a)(i) of the Andhra Pradesh State Judicial Service Rules of 2007 was challenged before the Supreme Court (SC). The rule laid down a pre-condition of three years of practice as an advocate to be eligible to write the Civil Judge exam in the State. On 2nd January, the Bar Council of India (BCI) said that it will file an impleadment...
Flexible Working : The Right To Request And The Road Ahead
While the office is an artefact of history, the modern workplace epitomises the future. In pre and post -independence India the work force consisted primarily of the male members of the family and in majority of the cases the said male member was the sole breadwinner, who had to stay outside home for a considerable time to provide for his family. At present the work force has undergone major changes to include dual parents, single parents, single women and persons of retiring age. ...
Doing Away With Winter Session Of Parliament Is A Fraud On The Constitution!
The present Indian government is a regime of seemingly infinite paradoxes. While laying the foundation stone and Bhoomi Pujan of the new Parliament building, PM Shri Narendra Modi invoked Guru Nanak and reminded the people about his great message: "Jab tak sansar rahe, tab tak samvad rahe", and stressed on the need for dialogue to preserve the 'soul of democracy.' But this does not mirror in the actual functioning of the government. The government earlier in Monsoon Session not only...