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As Karnataka cattle traders cry foul over anti-slaughter act, the spin-offs of cattle protection laws on commerce become hard to ignore. As the subject of agriculture and animal husbandry comes under the state list, there is no omnibus law in the country which deals with cattle protection and slaughter norms. Instead, states have the power to enact individual cattle laws.

In order to reduce case pendency, the chief justice has directed that 14 vacation benches sit during the summer vacations. For an already overburdened judiciary, does this take the joy out of holidays?

After Rajasthan, Delhi is taking steps to protect lawyers from heinous crimes. Atrocities against them have risen, instilling fear and violating their right to life and to practice any profession with freedom.

With the celebration of Intellectual Property Rights Day, the focus swings back to importance and security of our indigenous intellectual property. Editor-in-Chief, APN channel, Rajshri Rai spoke with Controller General, Patents/Designs/Trademark, Prof (Dr) Unnat P Pandit on a host of issues. Excerpts:

As Rahul Gandhi fights a slew of cases, the weaponisation of defamation suits for political upmanship and as a pressure tactic has become apparent, leading to prolonged headache for the defendant.

The Delhi High Court has said that a person’s right to be forgotten is intrinsically linked to his right to privacy, and search engines and intermediaries are legally bound to disable access to offending content.

Amid opposition to increasing factory working hours to 12 against the present eight, the Bill was put on hold. The constant jostling between productivity and labour rights often sees workers left high and dry.

A Constitution Bench is hearing a bunch of at least 15 petitions regarding the legalisation of same-sex marriage. The bench said it will restrict itself to the Special Marriage Act, 1954, and not broaden the canvas. Through the pleas, the petitioners are seeking wider constitutional entitlements based on the right to life and personal liberty and other related rights.

As the current Chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, India will hold a meeting of Heads of State Council in July 2023. It must work at mentoring other SCO nations in their transformation too. 

The brazen murder of Atiq Ahmed and his brother, captured live on television cameras, has once again focused on the ferocity and frequency of police encounter deaths in Uttar Pradesh. That the murder took place during a press interview conducted by the police only adds to the questions surrounding the motivation of the state and its police force.