Abandoning parents may send you to jail. The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 is being considered for amendments which inter-alia propose that “whoever, having the care or protection of parent(s)/senior citizen(s) intentionally abuses or abandons such parent(s)/senior citizen(s) shall be punishable with imprisonment of not less than three months which […]
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Blogger in jail for blasphemy is a free man now!
West Bengal saw some relief when the news came to light that a jailed blogger has been released. The blogger was accused of committing blasphemy against Islam. West Bengal- based NGO Hindu Samhati took the case of the blogger after his family approached it for help. Tarak Biswas was arrested after the ruling party TMC […]