Morning Digest | Several dead after shooting in Hamburg hall; Centre to reconsider ‘safe harbour’ clause in IT law, and more
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Several dead after shooting in Jehovah’s Witness Hall in Hamburg, Germany
Shots were fired inside a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday evening, and an unspecified number of people were killed or wounded, police said.
Abusing someone with caste name during argument won’t lead to SC/ST Act case: Orissa High Court
Abusing someone with the name of their caste or uttering the caste name suddenly during an exchange, by itself will not be sufficient to establish an offence under the Prevention of Atrocities (SC/ST) Act, unless there is intent to humiliate the victim specifically for their Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) identity, the Orissa High Court has held in a recent judgment.
T.N. Law Minister hints at re-adoption of Bill against online gambling
A day after it emerged that Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi returned a Bill banning online gambling, State Law Minister S. Regupathy indicated the Government might readopt the Bill in the Legislative Assembly, just as it had done when the anti-NEET Bill was returned last year.
Centre rethinking safe harbour concept in IT Act revamp