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03/12/2021

If traders and manufacturers practice any illegal trade, this act protects their rights as a consumer. The primary motivation of this forum is to bestow aid to both the parties and eliminate lengthy lawsuits.
This Protection Act covers all goods and services of all public, private, or cooperative sectors, except those exempted by the central government. The act provides a platform for a consumer where they can file their complaint, and the forum takes action against the concerned supplier and compensation is granted to the consumer for the hassle he/she has encountered.

02/12/2021

The Bill intends to “create a facilitative framework for the creation of the official digital currency to be issued by the Reserve Bank of India”. The Bill also seeks to “prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India; however, it allows for certain exceptions to promote the underlying technology of cryptocurrency and its uses.” This would be India’s first step towards regulating cryptocurrency.

30/11/2021

Its the law!

25/11/2021

It's clean up time for the Government 🤔

24/11/2021

When you know your rights, nothing can go wrong !

22/11/2021

Facebook has changed its name to "Meta". Here are some key take away in case you also want to change your name 😉

20/11/2021

Private sector employees often experience a lot of trouble in not just filing their income tax returns but also in understanding the legal ways in which they can save taxes.

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19/10/2021

🔲General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) is a regulatory framework on data protection in the European Union.

🔳That should mean that all the businesses who are based in the EU have to comply with it, right?

❓Then why does Disney as a US based company comply with it?

🔸If the product or service is offered within the EU, then the data processing needs to comply with the GDPR, whether or not the company is physically located there or not.

🔹That goes for both physical and online goods, from ordering a pair of sneakers to purchasing movies for streaming.

🔶Disney provides online stores as well as streaming services as products in EU, hence they also need to comply with GDPR.

🔹Disney’s Privacy Policy is one of the best examples of GDPR compliance. The two main compliances highlighted in the reel are :

💠Appointment of a Data Protection Officer(DPO): The role of a DPO is to ensure that the organisation is in compliance with data protection rules.

💠Right to be forgotten/ Right to erasure: The person whose data is being processed has the right to take their consent back and ask the organisation to delete their data and the organisation has to comply without any undue delay (before 30 days).

📌PLEASE NOTE: This is not an absolute right. Article 17 of GDPR outlines specific circumstances under which such a right applies.

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17/10/2021

Is it legal to feed stray dogs?
Yes.✅
🔖 Infact, it is one of our FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES under Article 51(g) of the Indian constitution 🖋
Can society by-laws or neighbors stop you?
NO!❌

📍Feeding stray dogs is legal both within and outside any society.💕 🐶

‼️What is prohibited is threatening dog feeders from carrying out their essential obligation under Article 51A(g) of the Constitution of India. 🚷

💠The Animal Welfare Board of India has issued extensive guidelines on feeding stray dogs, and there have been numerous judicial decisions protecting dog feeders and caretakers who face the wrath of ill-informed neighbours. ⚖️

📌Interfering with or harassing anyone who chooses to care for and feed community dogs is criminal intimidation, as defined by Section 503 read with Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code. 📖

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17/10/2021

Government Guidelines for Online classes:

The HRD ministry released guidelines for conducting online classes for schools. These guidelines recommended various caps on durations of the daily sessions as many parents were concerned about kids’ exposure to screens.

The highlights of these guidelines were-

💠Duration of classes cannot be more than
3️⃣0️⃣ min for Pre primary
4️⃣5️⃣ min (2 sessions) for class I-VIII
3️⃣0️⃣-4️⃣5️⃣ min (4 sessions( for class IX-XII

💠 Presentations should be easily readable. Slides must not have more than 5️⃣ bullet points and maximum use of infographics 📊

💠Eight steps of online or digital learning – plan, review, arrange, guide, talk, assign, track and appreciate. ✨

💠Planning and steps to implement digital education while ensuring cyber safety and privacy measures. 💻‼️

What do you think? Are these guidelines helpful for the students?

Tell us your views about online classes in the comments!✨

15/10/2021

Online/Offline R**e and Death threats are not a joke and must not be taken lightly. It is a criminal offence under the IPC. 🚫

Whoever commits the offence of criminal intimidation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both; If threat be to cause death or grievous hurt or r**e the punishment for the same is 7 years and fine, or both.

How to file a complaint?

File a Police complaint of criminal intimidation under section 506 of IPC.

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12/10/2021

How to Stop Cyber Defamation? 😟

Women are often subjected to cyber crimes such as cyber defamation, cyber harassment, online stalking, cyber po*******hy, matrimonial frauds and much more.
So how do you deal with them?

You file a Cyber complaint ! 👏🏻

The procedure of filing the cybercrime complaint has been divided into two categories:

1) Offline procedure i.e., reporting the cybercrime at cybercrime cell requires the victim/complainant to file a written complaint to the head of the cybercrime cell.

2) Online procedure under two different categories i.e., (1) Cybercrime related to women and children and (2) Other cybercrimes.

Steps to File an online Cyber Crime complaint :

Step 1: Visit the website of National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal at
https://cybercrime.gov.in/

Step 2: Register yourself. An OTP will be sent to the mobile no and then complainant will be successfully registered.

Step 3:Once the complainant is successfully registered, he/she will have to choose the category and sub-category of complaint and provide the following information:

Incidental details
Mode of communication (Email, WhatsApp, Website, etc.)
Date & time of the incident
Platform where the incident occurred (Twitter, Tik Tok, Website URL, etc.)
Upload evidence
Suspect details
Complainant’s details

After filling the above-mentioned details, the complainant will have to submit the complaint by acknowledging the information provided by him/her.

Once the complaint is successfully registered, the complainant will be sent the PDF of his/her complaint which he will receive an email and a message on his/her registered email address and mobile number respectively

Don’t fear and Don’t let them get away with their dirty mind and a dirty mouth!

10/10/2021

Women in Litigation- Read the caption to know about them!✨⬇️
Ladies cannot be litigators?
Wrong ❌
Take a look at some inspiring women litigators ❤️

1. Karuna Nundy .nundy has relentlessly fought for survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy, free speech online, and succeeded in getting justice. She also played a significant role in drafting the Womanifesto and framing of the anti-r**e bill after the Nirbhaya Delhi gang r**e.

2. Indira Jaising is an advocate of the Supreme Court of India noted for her legal activism in promoting human right causes. Jaising argued several cases relating to discrimination against women, including Mary Roy's case, which led to the grant of equal inheritance rights for Syrian Christian women in Kerala.

3. Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, .guruswamy SC advocate, had petitioned against section 377, a law that declared same-sex relationships illegal in India and succeeded in abolishing it on September 6th, 2018 making it an enormously historic day for the Indian legal system.

4. Arundhati Katju is a lawyer qualified to practice in India and New York. She has litigated many notable cases at the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court, including the Section 377 case, the case of a trans man being illegally confined by his parents, the Augusta Westland bribery case, the 2G spectrum corruption case and the Jessica Lal murder case.

5. Vrinda Grover is a lawyer, researcher and human rights activist who has appeared in multiple noteworthy human rights cases. Grover has appeared for the victims in prominent cases such as the Soni Sori r**e-torture case and the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots.

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10/10/2021

HOW TO AVOID TAXES✨ LEGALLY✨😉

1) Entrepreneurs can can show expenses made for travel, food, gadgets etc on the company name to escape GST and other taxes.

2) You should reside in a rented place to avail deductions.

3) Pay health insurance

4) Get a deduction on your rent

5) Use up your Rs. 1.5 lakh limit under Section 80C

6) Contribute to the national Pension System

7) Contribute to Charity / donations for 100% deduction

8) Money received as gratuity is tax-free up to a limit of Rs. 20 lakhs.

9) The amount received as per the Voluntary Retirement Scheme is not taxable till the limit of Rs. 5 lakhs.

10) No tax on Long Term Gain assets such as Stocks/ Equity Mutual funds

11) If earnings are reinvested as your family members income you won’t have further tax liability on that money provided they fall into a lower tax bracket

12) Adult children are big tax savers

13) Clubbing not applicable in case of parents

14) Show the monetary transaction as a loan from family members to save it from getting taxed.

15) Start up Companies don’t have to pay taxes for the first 3 years.

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08/10/2021

The ‘Pandora Papers’ was unveiled on 3rd October by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and it claimed to have revealed the financial secrets of 35 current and former world leaders, over 330 politicians and public officials, some fugitives, con artists and murderers.

These individuals and businesses are pushing the envelope to evade detection, using loopholes in the law at home and the tax jurisdiction of tax havens.

The income tax department in a press release dated 4th Oct 2021 took note of the data trove in the 'Pandora Papers' leak.
Govt issued directions that investigation in cases of Pandora Paper leaks as appearing in the media under the name 'PANDORA PAPERS' will be monitored through the Multi Agency Group headed by Chairman, CBDT.

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07/10/2021

Since dividend is recognized as a form of income, there is tax imposed on it.

Double taxation of income first, in the hands of the companies and thereafter in the hands of the
shareholders on distribution as dividend is prevalent worldwide.

The Dividend Distribution Tax (DDT) regime was introduced in 1997, wherein the dividend income in the hands of the shareholders was exempted, however, the companies were supposed to pay the DDT at flat rate.

The sole purpose of introducing this system was to ease the collection of tax on dividend income. However, DDT led to double taxation for foreign investors and increased cost of doing business in India.

In the 2020 budget, DDT was removed and the burden of tax was now shifted upon the shareholders.

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