During the year, UN Special Procedures issued several statements expressing concern about a number of issues in India, including extrajudicial executions, the possible statelessness of millions of people in Assam, the possible displacement of tribal communities and forest dwellers, and communication cuts in Kashmir. In September, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed concern about human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir. Faced with repeated digital privacy issues with the mandatory Adhaar, Aarogya Setu and others, the Personal Data Protection Act was referred to a joint parliamentary committee for advice in consultation with experts. The Act covers the processing of personal data by the government, Indian companies and foreign companies that process personal data of Indians. It establishes a Data Protection Authority, a seven-member body responsible for ensuring compliance. [4] Arnab Manoranjan Goswami v. State of Maharashtra, 2020 SCC OnLine SC 964 Invasive technology has been used to compile lists of people suspected of being infected with COVID-19. Drones have been used to monitor the compliance of quarantined individuals. Smartphone apps are used for contact detection and tracing. One particular app, Aarogya Setu, now has to be downloaded by everyone working in the workplace, which in turn can be challenged in court. In September 2020, three agricultural laws received presidential approval to push controversial agricultural laws through the New Year with peasant protests.
The law provides for an agricultural agreement between the farmer and the buyer prior to production. A three-tier dispute settlement mechanism is established: the conciliation body, a subdivision judge and an appellate authority. Trade outside the shipyards and Mandis was allowed, and even e-commerce was provided. The market fee has been abolished. A long-awaited deadline was finally met after 8 years of litigation, when those convicted of the 2012 Nirbhaya rape case that rocked the streets of Delhi were executed in Tihar prison in the early morning hours of March 20, 2020. A final attempt to challenge the president`s rejection of the clemency appeal was rejected by a panel of 3 members of the court two hours before the execution. Advertising: Another interesting aspect to consider is the promotion of crypto assets. There has been a wave of announcements regarding crypto exchanges on social media platforms, leading to public discourse about whether activity that has not been explicitly classified as “legal” can be announced. India`s consumer protection laws prohibit misleading advertising, not to mention the possibility of laws prohibiting fraud (for false promises of winnings); Media and platforms are also vulnerable to “complicity” costs in these issues.
Oil caught fire in November 2021 when the Indian government raised concerns about misleading advertising promising huge profits through cryptocurrencies[4]. The government also informed that it is working on drafting the necessary regulations for cryptographic advertising, stating that pending the new regulations, the self-regulatory code issued by the Advertising Standards Council of India must be adhered to. [2] Internet & Mobile Association of India vs RBI (2020 SCC online SC 275). Fourteen human rights defenders remained in detention under the Anti-Terrorism Law against the Prevention of Unlawful Activities (UAPA). They were academics Anand Teltumbde, Shoma Sen and Hany Babu; Mahesh Raut, tribal rights activist; poet Sudhir Dhawale; lawyers Surendra Gadling and Sudha Bharadwaj; writer Gautam Navlakha; activists Rona Wilson, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves and Sagar Gorkhe; and two members of the Kabir Kala Manch cultural group: Ramesh Gaichor and Jyoti Jagtap. They were arrested between 2018 and 2020 by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), India`s main counter-terrorism agency, for their alleged involvement in violence during Bhima Koregaon celebrations near the city of Pune in 2018. If your company would like to issue press releases or leadership articles, please contact content@legal500.com Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called India “Atmanirbhar” or “autonomous” on May 12, 2020.