The COVID-19 pandemic has effected a seismic shift in consumer behaviour and increased the participation of consumers in the marketplace. However, particularly in context of the e-commerce boom in the markets, there is heightened risk of scams and consumers being misled, in the absence of clarity about a vast array of rights available to them under the Consumer Protection Act. In the eighth episode of Law and You, Devaki asks Saurabh all about consumer rights; what does a defect in a product or a deficiency in service mean? Can you be charged more than the MRP of a product? How do you make a complaint and do you need to hire a lawyer? Tune into the conversation about your rights and more as a consumer at __.

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Ever since the historic decriminalization of homosexuality in 2018, there has been cautious optimism around the evolution of LGBTQIA+ rights in India. While there is still a long way to go in achieving meaningful equality, the State and some private institutions have been taking incremental steps toward recognizing some essential rights of the LGBTQIA+ community. Here's Queer Rights Part 2 eps. to detail out LGBTQIA+ rights with Saurabh and Devaki. 

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Ever since the historic  decriminalization of homosexuality in 2018, there has been cautious optimism around the evolution of LGBTQIA+ rights in India. While there is still a long way to go in  achieving meaningful equality, the State and some private institutions have been taking incremental steps towards recognising some essential  rights to the LGBTQIA+ community, to further the fundamental right to a dignified life. In the sixth episode of Law and You, Saurabh discusses these rights and privileges that cover marriage, inheritance, joint bank accounts, medical facilities and more. As the first openly gay Senior Advocate in India, Saurabhs' legal expertise is ofcourse vividly buttressed by his lived experience. Listen to the conversation about LGBTQIA+ rights with Saurabh and Devaki.

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With the increased participation of women in the workplace, the duty of the law to grapple with professional discrimination also heightened, leading to the enactment of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Act (POSH). However, many women remain entirely unaware of their rights at the workplace and the various forms that sexual harassment can take, leading to them remaining silent victims. In the fifth episode of Law and You, Devaki asks Saurabh all about POSH; does that sexist joke your usually nice co-worker made count as harassment? If your workplace does not have a HR department, where do you even go to complain? Did you know that you can be entitled to paid leave while your case is being heard? Tune into the conversation about POSH to know all about your rights, remedies and power as a woman in the workplace.

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Information has always been power and the Right to Information Act is a revolutionary step in ensuring citizen participation in governance and increasing transparency around information that has, for a long time, been inaccessible to people; relegated only to the hallowed halls of government buildings. However, many citizens are just unaware of the amount of power they are capable of wielding, if only they could figure out how to send an RTI request! In the fourth episode of Law and You, Devaki asks Saurabh all about RTI’s; how to file one, what kind of information is allowed to be accessed, and what you can do with such information. Can your RTI request be rejected and if so, on what grounds and where do you appeal such rejection? Tune into this conversation at  to understand all about RTI’s and what you should do to be a responsible citizen.

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Pushed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the ‘new normal’ is online. There is simply no easy way to entirely extricate yourself from the digital world and while the long term impact of the digitization of everyday life remains to seen, it is indisputable that it has led to increased vulnerability of individuals to cybercrimes; with the law struggling to keep up. In the third episode of Law and You, Devaki asks Saurabh about legal protection and remedies against cybercrimes. With an increased online presence and transactions moving to payment platforms, there is a corresponding increase in threats of abuse, harassment, risk of sensitive images and information being leaked and UPI frauds. What action can you take against these crimes and who do you even approach? Tune into this conversation to understand the existing framework of laws and rights available against cybercrimes.

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While India has been famously regarded to have the lowest divorce rates in the world, these figures have rapidly increased over the past two decades. However, there also exists huge misinformation about the law regarding divorces in India, which keeps people stuck in unhappy marriages, ignorant of their rights. In the second episode of Law and You, Devaki asks Saurabh all your questions about how to get a divorce in India. Is there any way to amicably end a marriage or do all divorce proceedings take decades? The conversation then moves onto issues of maintenance and domestic violence and how all of these rights are inextricably linked in the Indian legal system. Tune into this conversation to hear this essential information that anyone considering a divorce needs to arm themselves with!

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Interactions with the police are often the first brush with the law for most of us!  In the pilot episode of Law and You, Devaki asks Senior Advocate Saurabh what our rights are in such situations. How do you file an FIR? What remedy do you have if the police refuse to file it? What is the first thing you must do if you are arrested? Tune into this conversation in the Podcast The Law and You to know the answers to these questions and so many more about your rights under criminal law.

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