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“Log Out After 6 PM”: Supriya Sule Tables India’s First Right to Disconnect Bill

In India, the workplace has been changed drastically over the past decade. Office time and personal time have become indistinguishable with the influx of the smartphone and high-speed internet. Workers are now supposed to be 24/7 to respond to e-mails, text messages, and video calls. Such an incessant connectivity has created a phenomenon called always-on culture in which rest is a luxury and not a necessity.

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Justice Om Narayan Rai of Calcutta High Court Relieves Taxpayer From Checking Every GST Portal Tab

The Calcutta High Court Justice, Om Narayan Rai, has made an important judgment that gives a lot of relief to the taxpayers in terms of meeting the compliance requirement under the regime of Goods and Services Tax (GST). The decision of the court was that a taxpayer cannot be anticipated to go through each and every tab on the complicated official GST portal to check whether he or she is fully complying.

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Delhi Court Orders Google and Media to Remove Articles on Acquitted Man

Delhi court has made a major order that strengthens the Right to be Forgotten in India. The Principal District and Sessions Judge of the Patiala house courts has ordered big tech giants and media houses to delete certain material. This material can be traced to a banker that was cleared in a high profile money laundering case despite having been accused in the past.