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- Business
Apple may submit compliance plans for S.Korean in-app payment law
Seoul: Apple may submit its compliance plans for a new South Korean law that bans app store operators from forcing in-app payment systems on developers, industry sources said on Tuesday. The new…
- India
Women in law face bias, affects not just advocates, but those on bench too: CJI
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Tuesday rued the fact women in the legal profession face bias, both from their colleagues or litigants, and this affects not just advocates, but…
- Technology
WhatsApp fined $267mn for breaching EU privacy law
London: Facebook-owned WhatsApp has been fined 225 million euros ($267 million) for breaking the European Union’s (EU) data privacy rules. According to The Verge, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced the decision in…
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Significant decline in triple talaq cases after law against it came into effect: Naqvi
New Delhi: There has been a significant decline in triple talaq cases after the law against the practice came into effect and Muslim women across the country have overwhelmingly welcomed the legislation, Minority…
- World
Sri Lanka: Muslim women allowed to get married under regular law
Colombo: Breaking the archaic 1951 law, the Sri Lanka Cabinet has allowed Muslim women to get married under ordinary law – the Marriage Registration Ordinance in Sri Lanka,. Muslim female activists and scholars…
- India
Gujarat’s new anti-conversion law challenged in HC
Ahmedabad: Provisions of a new Gujarat law which penalises forcible or fraudulent religious conversion through marriage has been challenged in the state High Court, where it was mentioned before a division bench on…
- World
South Africa to soon let women have multiple husbands
Pretoria: South Africa’s (SA) government’s decision, that is likely to be made into law soon, to allow women to have multiple husbands — has sparked widespread debate in the country. South Africa…
- Technology
India badly needs cyber regulator to tame social media entities
New Delhi: As the Indian government struggles to tame the social media giants and force them to comply with the new IT rules, the time is ripe to appoint a nodal cyber…
- Featured News
Faizan Mustafa cautions against use of ‘terror’ charges without understanding the law
Globally known legal luminary Faizan Mustafa has spoken about the Delhi High Court judgement wherein three activists against CAA who had been arrested were released later. They had been charged by the…
- India
IMA holds protest seeking law to protect doctors against violence
Hyderabad: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday observed ‘National Protest Day’ demanding a central law to protect doctors against violence. The slogan of the protest is – ‘Save the Saviour’ and…
- Middle East
Israel urged to stop violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque
Amman: The Jordan government saidit has sent an official note of protest through diplomatic channels, calling on Israel to stop violations and provocations against the Al-Aqsa Mosque and respect its legal and historical…
- Featured News
Law and Injustice: Have hate crimes gone up in New India?
Amir Ullah Khan and Nahia Hussain The question that baffles all Indians and those who hold India in high esteem is the manner in which the State seems to have allowed some…
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Upholding the spirit of law
By Julio Ribeiro As institutions meant to uphold constitutional morality crumble like ninepins, it is gratifying that judges in high courts and district courts have risen to oppose the steady erosion of…
- Hyderabad
Osmania University postpones LLB exams
Hyderabad: Osmania University has postponed examinations for its law programs. According to a report in New Indian Express, the decision was taken due to non-availability of number of examination centers required to…
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The law will take its own course; never mind the destruction it can leave in its wake
Shafeeq R. Mahajir SOP is Standard Operation Procedure. Two rivals eye each other. They assess the opponent’s via a SWOT analysis. If they find chinks in armour, they use those. Not finding…
