NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Judge DY Chandrachud on Saturday said there was an urgent need to protect the rights of lakhs of youths working for mobile or web-based apps, who deliver almost everything under the sun at the consumers’ doorsteps within minutes.
Delivering ‘Justice PM Mukhi Memorial Lecture’ on ‘Reconciling Rights and Innovation: Examining the Relationship Between Law and Technology’, Justice Chandrachud said with the introduction of several mobile- or web-based apps, the labour market has fissured and the gig economy has had significant ramifications on existing business models for food, clothing and groceries.
