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Decriminalization of Legal Metrology Act

May 15, 2022

Speaking at the National Workshop on the Legal Metrology Act, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution urged state governments to support the decriminalization of the Legal Metrology Act. What is legal metrology? It is regulation and ..

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Delhi HC Verdict on Marital Rape

May 13, 2022

A two-judge division bench of the Delhi High Court (HC) on May 11th delivered a split verdict on a batch of petitions seeking the criminalization of marital rape. What did Delhi High Court judges say? Justice C. Hari Shankar opposing ..

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Sedition Law: Supreme Court order

May 12, 2022

The Supreme Court through its order stalled the operation of the sedition law. What did the Supreme Court say? The Supreme Court in its order said that it will not be appropriate to continue the usage of the Sedition law ..

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UIDAI on Using Aadhar data in crime investigations

May 11, 2022

Recently, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has told the Delhi High Court that fingerprints found at a crime scene cannot be matched against the Aadhaar database to identify criminals. Why did UIDAI object to using fingerprints for identifying ..

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Appointment of Supreme Court judges in India

May 11, 2022

Recently, the Union government notified the appointment of two judges as judges of the Supreme Court. Who are the two new judges of the Supreme Court? Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia: Justice Dhulia hails from Uttarakhand and is the grandson of a ..

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Directions to VPN providers to collect customer data

May 9, 2022

Recently, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued a new directive to Virtual private network (VPN) service providers. What is the directive about? The CERT-In directive mandates that Virtual private network (VPN) service providers must maintain all customer data ..

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Final Order of J&K Delimitation Panel

May 7, 2022

Recently, the Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir signed its final order redrawing the Jammu and Kashmir’s assembly constituencies. Who is the head of the Delimitation commission? The three-member Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir was headed by Justice (retd) ..

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Civil Registration System (CRS) data for 2020

May 5, 2022

Recently, the Central government published the Civil Registration System (CRS) report 2020 based on birth and death reports. What is Civil Registration System (CRS)? The Civil Registration System (CRS) is a universal, continuous, compulsory and permanent recording of birth, death ..

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