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  Name – Sanskriti Srivastava College - ICFAI University Dehradun INTRODUCTION On 28 March 2022, the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 was introduced in the Lok Sabha, which, if passed, would replace the Prisoners Identification Act, 1920. The constitutionality of this bill violates the right to equality under Article 14, the right to self- incrimination under Article 20 (3) and the right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution. Many provisions of this bill stand contradictory to the Constitution. This bill does not significantly contribute to the achievement of the goal of increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of research, but increases the administrative burden, while violating fundamental rights. WHAT IS PRISONERS IDENTIFICATION ACT,1920? A 102 years old act was passed by the British Government with the purpose of taking measurements of convicted and non-convicted persons by police officers. The term ‘measurements’ in this act includes fingerprint/footprin

  Name – Vinay Sharma College - Amity Law School, Amity University, Noida Introduction: In the year 2020, because of the pandemic all of us have been forced to accommodate drastic changes in our lifestyles. We all made the decision to become more digital than we had ever been. Today, we do everything online, from our jobs to our shopping, meetings, and social gatherings. With such a shift, we have realised the importance of data and data privacy. Over the last few years, India has been one of the largest data generators.  According to Statista, there are currently 700 million internet users in India. This figure is expected to rise to more than 974 million by 2025. In fact, India was ranked as the world’s second largest online market in 2019 (1).  People knowingly or unknowingly share sensitive personal data on various digital platforms such as e-commerce sites, mobile apps, webinar platforms, net banking, e-wallets, and so on in this digital age. Users of these platforms grant permiss

 Name – Andre Sachdeva College - VSLLS, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies. Introduction In the present Business World, Mergers and Acquisitions have grown dramatically. In order to reshape the business organisation, this method is commonly used throughout the world. The most popular tactics employed by firms to expand and sustain their market share are mergers and acquisitions. The services offered by financial institutions have changed somewhat as a result of the significant changes in the structure and operation of financial markets as well as regulatory reforms. Which started off as an initiative taken majorly by government bodies, has now caught on and been widely adopted by private financial organisations such as banks and insurance companies.  Mergers and acquisition dynamics in India have shifted over time. The direct consequences of mergers and acquisitions have also been diverse across the Indian economy's various sectors.  India has emerged as one of the leadi

  Name – Shivani Gaur College - UILS Chandigarh University We are living in the era of technology, over the past few decades there has been a drastic rise in the sector of technology. Over Sixty Five thousand startups have been recognised by the Indian Government in FY 2021-22 which branch out into 56 different sectors such as IT Services, FinTech, Hardware technology, Artificial Intelligence and Nanotechnology.[1] With this rise in the startup culture litigation has also grown beyond measure. Every smart business owner chooses to hire a lawyer to sort out all the complex paperwork beforehand, because not doing so may simply mean that the business is heading towards the path of self-sabotage.   What is a Tech Startup? “The STartup – Owner’s manual Strategy guide.” It defines startup this way: “A startup is a temporary organization in search of a scalable, repeatable, profitable business model.[2] A Tech startup is a young company started by one or more entrepreneurs with initial fundin

  By - Nikita Verma, Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal.  Introduction  Living relationship has been considered as legal in India and this is the reason the concept of Living relationship has been increased in India. Since a person in Living relationship enjoys all the rights as husband and wife, when they separate they shall also be granted the same right of Maintenance as the wife. This point has been considered by the Hon'ble court and therefore the Maintenance is provided to the female who stays in a living relationship for a considerable period of time.   This article of mine will deal in depth with maintenance in living relationships and which relationships are considered as living relationships and so on.  Living Relationships  Living relationship is no where defined in any status and because of this there is no definite definition of Living relationship. But as per the courts understanding in the judgment a Living relationship is the relationshiprelationship in which two pe

  Name – Harsha Manish Musale College - Central India College of Law Cheque is a negotiable instrument. Cheque is defined under section 6 of Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881. Cheque is used to give money instantly with the belief that the drawer has money in his account. An account of which drawer has drawn the cheque. Cheque comes into the picture or you can say cheque is introduced to improve the speed of bill of exchange, business transaction, commerce .Wherever the person has to pay a lump sum amount, cheque is the safest way to pay lump sum     money because of which business grows. People need not carry money. When people used to carry money for business purposes from one place to another at that time people were afraid of theft that thieves would steal their money, such incidents happened because of which people have to bear loss. Dishonour of cheque means when the cheque is  given to the payee by the drawer to draw it from the drawers bank and its get unpaid or payee’s bank get

  Name –  Abhishek Gupta  College - Symbiosis Law School, Pune  INTRODUCTION Using your voice to operate a machine has long been a sci-fi concept, but with the release of the voice assistant "Siri," the use of this software has expanded to include things like cars, smart speakers, smart TVs, and more. The fundamental concept behind software-based voice control is the ability to instruct a specific device to carry out specific tasks. Despite giving machines more functionality, privacy issues have always existed. Since the device is voice activated, it is assumed that it activates on its own and stores data with the software development companies. The intrusive phenomenon of voice assistants is further complicated by smart devices with cameras. Such scenarios necessitate rules and controls to guarantee that the user of the device is in control. WHAT ARE VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS AND TYPES Before we move on to the issues of privacy, let us first understand what virtual assistants are a