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On a train without ticket or using someone else’s? These railway mistakes could soon cost you far more as Centre plans fine hike from July 1Train travel could soon come with stricter penalties as the Centre plans to double the minimum fine for ticketless travel from Rs 250 to Rs...- Sweden rights groups blast 'honest living' criteria for migrantsSweden's government has faced growing criticism over its plans to require migrants to adhere to "honest living", with rights groups and leg...
- 31,000 deported, 51,000 stopped: Pakistan using AI to prevent potential beggars from going abroad as many do not returnPakistan has prevented over 51,000 citizens from traveling abroad this year to curb potential beggars. This measure, alongside enhanced scr...
- Giving alms to beggars in Indore to become a crime from January 1; FIRs to be filed by policeIndore will penalize anyone giving alms to beggars starting January 1, 2025, expanding a previous ban on giving to child beggars. This init...
- Serious blunders in JJ Act amendment, says Priyanka ChaturvediNotably, the Centre had amended the JJ Act 2015 through the JJ amendment Act 2021 that classifies the serious offences against the children...
- SC asks Centre, four states to respond on plea seeking repeal of provisions criminalising begging"Although notice has been issued on February 10, 2021, a reply has been filed by the respondent - state of Bihar - only and other responden...
- Supreme Court notice to Centre, others on plea seeking repeal of provisions criminalising beggingThe plea, filed through advocate H K Chaturvedi, has referred to the August 2018 verdict of the Delhi High Court which had decriminalised b...
- Railways to decriminalise begging and smoking in trains; penalties to be imposed“This doesn’t mean that railways will allow or encourage begging at stations and in trains. Decriminalisation doesn’t mean it will be legal...
- Government makes two major changes in Transgender Bill; may introduce in Parliament next weekNow, a person would be identified as transgender through self-identification and a certificate would be issued by the district magistrate.
- Begging not an offence: Delhi High CourtA bench comprising acting chief justice Gita Mittal and justice C Hari Shankar struck down the provisions of the Bombay Prevention of Beggi...
- Begging not an offence in Delhi as criminalising it violates fundamental right: High CourtThe court further said criminalising begging was a wrong approach to deal with the underlying causes of the problem and it ignored the real...
- How can begging be an offence if govt unable to provide food, jobs: HCA bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Jusice C Hari Shankar also observed that a person begs only out of "sheer necessity" and no...
- Cabinet nod to Bill for allowing NIA to probe human trafficking casesThe Union Cabinet today okayed the draft Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, which proposes a punishme...
- New anti-trafficking law soon: Life term for repeat offendersThe bill, which is currently with a group of ministers (GoM), has proposed severe punishment for the crime.
- No bar on bowl: Centre moves to decriminalise beggingBill makes a distinction between beggary and syndicated or organised beggary, and says forcing any child or destitute into begging is a cri...
- Central scheme soon to tackle beggaryThese anti-beggary laws are mostly based on the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959 which criminalizes the act of begging and any person...
- Konkan Railway's Railway Protection Force collected fines totalling to Rs 3.52 lakhTwo persons were held for stealing railway property from the yard here and were booked under the Railway Protection (Unlawful Possession) A...
- December 16 gangrape: Will it be death penalty for convicts?The fate of four convicts in the December 16 gangrape and murder case will be known tomorrow with a Delhi court set to pronounce the much-a...
- Plea reaches court for criminal case against Asaram BapuApplication was moved in court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Rajesh Upadhyaya by social activist Madan Lal Shukla.
- Trinamool Congress attacks government for refusing to transfer resourcesThe Trinamool Congress on Monday hit out at the Centre for refusing federal transfer of resources to bail out state governments.
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