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  There were many security measures in place. Police personnel were deployed to control the protests and there were also farmers who had agreed earlier to help the cops in maintaining peace and order. Sanyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) had also given its assurance that peace and order will be maintained. Routes were also planned where the farmers were supposed to be rallying and protesting. However, despite all of these safety measures and precautions, the protest which began quite peacefully, ended up bitterly with the commission of vandalism by the protesters and violent clashes with the police who at first showed considerable restraint in yesterday’s rally.     There were many security measures in place. Police personnel were deployed to control the protests and there were also farmers who had agreed earlier to help the cops in maintaining peace and order. Sanyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) had also given its assurance that peace and order will be maintained. Routes were also ...

To understand the conundrum that was created by WhatsApp’s new privacy policy, it is important to realize that WhatsApp is broadly used to communicate either with a business or with a user’s personal interests that are not businesses.   The new privacy policies have made no changes whatsoever, in the way the messaging is done in the nature of a personal communication between friends and families, however there are notable changes in the way the communication with a business entity is handled in WhatsApp, what with the new privacy policy in place. The background to the whole idea behind such changes in that regard is to do with the decision of the parent company ‘Facebook’, to integrate its services across all its platforms (including WhatsApp).   WhatsApp in its new privacy policy has clarified that the personal messages that are sent to one another on a consumer basis shall remain end to end encrypted as usual and no such data would be shared with Facebook. It also clarif...

  On 25 th June 1975 emergency was declared by Former PM Indira Gandhi u/d the Presidency of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, whereby the period of ‘black chapter’ of India’s history had begun. It was the second time when due to the governmental affair the people of India had lost their freedom/ independence (first when the British ruled). At the time when the   proclamation signed by the President of India, the goal of the 21-month long Emergency in the country to control the ‘internal disturbance’ whereby the constitutional rights including freedom of speech and expression were suspended and withdrawn. There were 3 main grounds as per Former PM Indira Gandhi on which the emergency was proclaimed are as follows: 1.    Security and democracy of India was in danger owing to the movement started by Jayaprakash Narayan. 2.      There was a need for rapid economic development and upliftment of the underprivileged. 3.      There was an in...

Non-Payment of salary in India is one of the most commonly enjoyed practices by the employers and prevailed at the time of firing the employees. The employers presume that the employees don’t have any knowledge or resources whereby they can file the complaint or case against the employer. There exist multiple remedies for employees to claim their unpaid salary. The present article talks about the legal remedies available to the employees when there is non-payment of salary by the employer. The payment of salary/ wages of most of the kind in India is governed by the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, though it doesn’t apply to each and every level of employees. It is usually applied to low-wage/ salary blue caller workers. The wage ceiling under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 was increased to an average wage ceiling of INR 18,000/ month pursuant to a notification by the Indian Govt. effective from 11 September 2012 and if a person is not covered under this act, other remedies shall still...

Introduction Farm Laws 2020 is the second controversial bill by BJP government after CAA in the same financial year. It is set to benefit the marginal farmers who constitute 86% of total farmers of Indian Agriculture and to the agri-tech start-ups, agri-warehouses, and organized players in the food trade chain. The Laws had led to agitation in some states like Punjab, Haryana, and some parts of Western Uttar Pradesh who are primarily rice and wheat growers. Except for agitation in some of the states, the Farm Laws are progressive and visionary in doubling the income of the marginal farmers. Advantages of Farm Laws 2020   The Laws would fulfill the country's expectations and needs for agriculture.   The farmers will be attracted to relatively better crops and their income will naturally increase if the farmers grows expensive crops, and they will also support agricultural growth. The Minimum Support Price won’t be impacted by these Laws instead would help make farmers more ad...