Rounding up the important legal news and updates from across the country, and the world..On September 30 this year, the Patna High Court overturned the ban [Read judgment], only for the Bihar government to notify the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act of 2016 on October 2. A day later, this new Act has been challenged in a PIL [FirstPost]The government is pushing for children to be included in the Aadhar scheme, raising more concerns over privacy and consent. [Scroll]The government is seeking stakeholder inputs in connection with the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill of 2016 [Economic Times]The Legal Services Authority in Thane, Maharashtra is now offering legal aid to victims of human trafficking. [The Hindu]The North Eastern Students Organisation speaks out against the proposed amendments to the Indian Citizenship Act [India Today]*WATCH* Tatagath Satpathy’s interview with Newslaundry on the Speech Bill [Newslaundry]Close to seven decades after the Partition, Hindus in Pakistan will finally get a codified personal law [FirstPost]California fights ethnic bullying in schools by passing the Safe Place To Learn Act. [Indian Express]Facebook is under fire in Germany, with a law firm alleging that the social media giant was guilty of violating the country’s anti-hate speech laws. [Reuters]An American jury has ordered Apple to pay $302 million over patent infringements involving Apple’s Facetime [The Verge]The European Court of Human Rights may well hear a challenge to the “blanket and indiscriminate”surveillance by the US and UK governments [The Intercept]
Rounding up the important legal news and updates from across the country, and the world..On September 30 this year, the Patna High Court overturned the ban [Read judgment], only for the Bihar government to notify the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act of 2016 on October 2. A day later, this new Act has been challenged in a PIL [FirstPost]The government is pushing for children to be included in the Aadhar scheme, raising more concerns over privacy and consent. [Scroll]The government is seeking stakeholder inputs in connection with the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill of 2016 [Economic Times]The Legal Services Authority in Thane, Maharashtra is now offering legal aid to victims of human trafficking. [The Hindu]The North Eastern Students Organisation speaks out against the proposed amendments to the Indian Citizenship Act [India Today]*WATCH* Tatagath Satpathy’s interview with Newslaundry on the Speech Bill [Newslaundry]Close to seven decades after the Partition, Hindus in Pakistan will finally get a codified personal law [FirstPost]California fights ethnic bullying in schools by passing the Safe Place To Learn Act. [Indian Express]Facebook is under fire in Germany, with a law firm alleging that the social media giant was guilty of violating the country’s anti-hate speech laws. [Reuters]An American jury has ordered Apple to pay $302 million over patent infringements involving Apple’s Facetime [The Verge]The European Court of Human Rights may well hear a challenge to the “blanket and indiscriminate”surveillance by the US and UK governments [The Intercept]
