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Gauhati High Court was deliberating over a PIL filed to highlight ineffective implementation of State govt.’s policies framed as per the mandate in Section 12(1)(c) of RTE Act, 2009

Delhi High Court
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The Delhi High Court dismissed frivolous PIL filed by toy manufacturers to avoid compliance with Toys (Quality Control) Order, 2020 and held that the 2020 Order had been issued to ensure that the children below the age of 14 years were not exposed to sub-standard goods/goods containing toxic material/ toys containing toxic material.

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Children who ought to have been studying in schools are forced to work in unhygienic, inhabitable places where accidents await. What is more saddening is that these units are working right under the nose of the Government which includes Police officers who are aware of these factories being run, and yet no steps are being taken by the State to curb this menace.

Legislation UpdatesNotifications

The Central Consumer Protection Authority has issued Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Endorsements for Misleading Advertisements, 2022 to provide for

Karnataka High Court
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Karnataka High Court: H.P. Sandesh, J. allowed the petition and granted bail to the petitioner in connection with a crime registered in 

Bombay High Court
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Bombay High Court: Anuja Prabhudessai, J., expressed that the children also have the right to love and affection from both parents as

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Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna J. allowed the petition and quashed the impugned order and remitted the matter back to Sessions Judge

Legislation UpdatesRules & Regulations

The Government of Himachal Pradesh has amended Himachal Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules,

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Rajasthan High Court: Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, J., allowed a petition which dealt with the issue as to whether the third child born

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Madras High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, J., while addressing a matter with respect to menace

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Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., while allowing in part the revision petition filed challenging the Family Court’s maintenance order made a

Patna High Court
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Patna High Court: While addressing the issue of minors being put to observational homes in routine manner in spite of them (minors)

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The persistence of the National Human Rights Commission, India in a case of food poisoning of 15 children in a government school

Kerala High Court
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Kerala High Court: Mary Joseph, J., while addressing an issue of maintenance under Section 125 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, expressed that

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Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Full Bench of Sisira J. De Abrew, Murdu N.B. Fernando and

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Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Asha Menon, JJ., while addressing the instant matter, observed that: The wife

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Delhi High Court: Manoj Kumar Ohri, J., confirmed the conviction and sentence of the appellant, who was convicted by the trial court

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NHRC notice to Karnataka Government over practice of neck deep burying of children in compost pits to find cure for their deformities 

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Information given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani — “Police” and “Public Order” are State subjects as