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Abortion: Legal or illegal in India

Abortion has been made legal in India 50 years back, but it is still considered a Taboo in our country, or the majority of people are not even aware that it is completely legal in India for married as well as unmarried women.   The law that Legalises the same is Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 2002 and the law that criminalises the same is IPC (Section 312 to Section 318 of IPC).    Well, the only line of difference between the 2 statues is that of " GOOD FAITH" and " WOMEN CONSENT".   MTP Act says that when a pregnancy of women is terminated with the consent of women, in good faith, it is completely legal, and no doctor can be prosecuted if it terminates pregnancy as per MTP Act and Rules.    As per MTP Act and Rules, Pregnancy of a Women can be terminated up to 24 weeks with the consent of the Woman. If the pregnancy is more than 20 weeks but up to 24 weeks, then opinion of 2 Registered Medical Practitioner shall be required. Recently Supreme Court in the cas
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The Legality of Online Gaming in India

  There has been a great upsurge in the online gaming Platforms in these pandemics. But there is a question which must have come up in the minds of most of you: ‘Whether Online Gaming is legal in India’, if yes so how come they are different from Gambling. Well, the other question which must have arisen in the minds of most of you is ‘whether lottery or Online Lotteries are legal in India’.? Online lottery may or may not come under the definition of gambling. There are no specific laws for the online lottery in India. But there are specific laws for gambling in India. Let’s understand the concept of Online gaming, Online lottery and Gambling in detail. Difference between Online gambling and Online Gaming There is only a small line of difference between Online gambling and Online Gaming. One is a  Game of chance and the other is a Game of skill.  Online Gaming is allowed in India but gambling is prohibited in India. However, some of the states of South India have also put a ban on onlin

Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act) (POSH ACT), 2013

1. Introduction Man and woman are born equal but are not often treated equally. In the earlier times, women were only considered as robots for household work and self satisfaction. It was from the starting of the 20th century when the government started passing special laws and acts for women, and then they started coming out of their houses and started to create their position in every stream of life whether it is politics, army, science or technology. It is pretty natural for the society when a man steps his feet out for work but when the women were often ill treated and judged by the society when she started going out of their household for work. Moreover the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) adopted by the General assembly of United states also prohibits sexual harassment of women at work place, and since India is party to CEDAW. Since India signed CEDAW in 1980 and ratified it in 1993, it has become the duty of India to make strict