Lawyers

• New GST Bills, India Finance Minister Calls It ‘Revolutionary’

  Following a seven-hour debate on the GST bills in Parliament, the New Delhi Lok Sabha approved four supplementary legislations on Wednesday.

• Telecom Operators Launch OTP Service For Girls Experiencing Sexual Harassment

  Telecom operators in India introduce a one-time password system for young girls to preserve privacy of their subscribers.

• Arrest of Pedophile Who Raped Over 500 Girls Prompts Indian Minister To Call For Sex Offender Register

  Maneka Gandhi, the minister for woman and child department addresses the urge of implementing a national register record for criminals in India, especially sex offenders after the arrest of a convicted pedophile.

• JNU Protests: University Seeks Advice on 'Guilty' Students

  JNU is seeking legal advice on the punishment for their students who are guilty of violating the school's norms.

• PM Modi battles opposition to key land reform

  Opposition parties boycotted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's latest attempt to build consensus around a business-friendly land bill on Wednesday, boding badly for his ambitious agenda of economic reform in a parliament session that starts next week.

• Indian woman allegedly raped by Uber driver plans to sue in U.S.

  A woman who was allegedly raped by an Uber taxi driver in India's capital has hired a prominent lawyer to sue the online-hailing taxi service in U.S. courts.

• Uber loses bid to withhold CEO emails in gratuity lawsuit

  A federal judge rejected Uber Technologies Inc's bid that it not be required to disclose emails from Chief Executive Travis Kalanick in a California lawsuit accusing the popular ride-booking service of deceiving customers about how it shares tips with drivers.

• RPT-Investments in Uber's Indian rivals uncertain after taxi app ban

  A ban on online taxi services in India, following the arrest in New Delhi of an Uber driver accused of rape, has brought uncertainty to the millions of dollars of international investment pumped into Uber's Indian rivals Ola and TaxiForSure.

• Gang Rape In India: 10 Men Arrested After Two Groups Commit Sexual Assaults On 21-Year-Old Woman On Christmas Eve (Video)

  10 Indian men are in custody after a 21-year-old woman was raped by two apparently unrelated groups of men on Christmas Eve, BBC News reported. She is being treated and is reportedly in stable condition.