Ola

As in the case of the new IT rules—aimed at controlling social media majors Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, as well as digital news portals like The Wire, Scroll and The Quint—the objective behind the draft e-commerce rules is shadowing.

A divisional bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh had earlier directed WhatsApp and the Central government to file its affidavits in the matter.

The Supreme Court has upheld the order of the Competition Commission of India and NCLAT, wherein it had found that Ola and Uber do not facilitate cartelization or anti-competitive practices between drivers, who are independent individuals, who act independently of each other.

On being asked by the parties to submit their objection, Senior Counsel Harish Salve said that he was also a part of the case and had no objection to CJI hearing the case.

Covid-19 has had a deleterious effect on employment with unemployment going up to 24 percent in May 2020. While some key sectors will be badly hit, others could emerge relatively unscathed

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