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Section 149 of the IPC states: ‘…every person who, at the time of the committing of that offence, is a member of the same assembly, is guilty of that offence.’

During the current monsoon session of Parliament, of the three contentious farm bills the Lok Sabha, through voice vote, passed the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020

Reacting to Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan’s claim in Parliament that there were people trying to tarnish the image of the Indian entertainment industry and that this has created a security problem, the Maharashtra government has beefed up the security for the Bachchan family.

While social media has been blamed for “exploiting” the personal data of citizens, the fact is that these companies cannot be turned into virtual police stations and parliamentary panels can’t meddle with them

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