Legal

Bull bars and metal bumpers on cars are all illegal and are banned in India. Although they are banned, we still see this accessory on many SUVs and cars in India. Safety of other road users and many other reasons are the reason why bullbars are banned in India. Bullbar is not a simple piece of metal that is installed in front of a vehicle. Proper research goes into the development of a bullbar. Sadly though, these researches were never followed while designing and developing a bullbar in India. Here we have a video that…

WhatsApp has started identifying "legal" names of users who have enabled the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) based payments feature on its app. These names, which are the ones associated with the bank accounts of the users and might be different from profile names, will also be shown to people who receive payments through WhatsApp. The new move is a result of UPI guidelines set by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) that are aimed to prevent fraud, the Meta-owned instant messaging app said.To inform users…

Southwest Airlines Co. LUV -2.05% played a bigger behind-the-scenes role in developing early Boeing BA -4.58% 737 MAX pilot training than previously known, according to a recent legal filing that cites internal Southwest and Boeing company documents.During the development of 737 MAX training, the carrier agreed with Boeing to remove from pilot manuals references to a version of the automated flight-control system that…

Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi faces legal headaches in India as a federal financial crime-fighting agency and tax authorities investigate its business practices.Xiaomi denies wrongdoing. But it recently hit the headlines with accusations that its executives faced intimidation from Indian enforcement officials, drawing public rebuttals from the agency and words of support from China.Here are details of the tussles in one of Xiaomi's key markets:WHAT'S THE ROYALTY CASE ABOUT?India's financial crime-fighting agency, the…

The Central African Republic approves the legal framework for economic use of Bitcoin. The Central African Republic passes a bill to regulate crypto use. (Getty Images)…

A copyright battle has spawned a sweeping order demanding internet service providers block a set of pirate sites — one of the broadest such rulings to date. As TorrentFreak recently reported, a New York district judge ruled in late April on a series of copyright lawsuits against three sites that rebroadcast mostly Hebrew-language television. The rightsholders demanded monetary damages from the site operators — who didn’t show up in court — and an injunction meant to prevent viewers from accessing the services. Judge…

Uber and Lyft have both pledged to cover legal fees in case their drivers are sued under Oklahoma’s restrictive abortion bill, according to a report from CNBC. While the bill has not yet been signed into law, Republican Governor Kevin Stitt is expected to approve it within the next few days. On Friday, Oklahoma’s House passed the Heartbeat Act (SB 1503), a law that bans abortions at around six weeks of pregnancy — much earlier than many women become aware that they’re pregnant — and now awaits Governor Stitt’s…

Facebook owner Meta gave user information to hackers who pretended to be law enforcement officials last year, a company source said on Wednesday, highlighting the risks of a measure used in urgent cases.Imposters were able to get details like physical addresses or phone numbers in response to falsified "emergency data requests," which can slip past privacy barriers, said the source who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.Criminal hackers have been compromising email accounts or websites tied to police…

Union Minister of Information and Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday called for a new "dynamic" legal structure which balances the right to privacy and freedom of expression and demands for regulations and control to meet challenges from unscrupulous elements in the cyberspace.Addressing the second national conference on cybercrime investigations and digital forensics organised by the CBI, the minister said over the years technology has given a lot of productivity, efficiency, and convenience but simultaneously it has…