News Update Allahabad HC: Criminal procedures against man booked for FB post communicating anguish over wife’s passing 24 Jul 202124 Jul 2021 The Allahabad High Court has stayed criminal procedures against a man who was booked for a Facebook post after he misplaced his spouse amid the course of restorative treatment at…
News Update Facebook cannot be excused from appearing before the Delhi Assembly Panel probing Delhi Riots: SC 8 Jul 2021 The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that Facebook plays an important role in promoting, controlling, generating and modulating information. It cannot seek out an approach that it is just a…
News Update The European Union and the United Kingdom have launched antitrust investigations into Facebook 8 Jun 2021 The European Commission, working with the UK's Competition and Markets Authority, launched a formal antitrust investigation into whether Facebook violated EU competition law. According to Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager,…
News Update Court cannot teach ethics to people: Madras High Court quashes criminal defamation case for cartoon published on Facebook 6 Jun 20216 Jun 2021 The court cannot teach people morality, as the Madras Supreme Court recently discovered when it dismissed a criminal defamation case (Balamurugan vs. State) against people who posted cartoons on its…
News Update IT Ministry clarifies that it has no intention to violate right to privacy 26 May 2021 The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in a press release on Wednesday clarifies its intention and respect towards right to privacy and that the government does not intend to…
News Update WhatsApp Sues Modi Government, Says New Media Rules Mean End to Privacy 26 May 2021 WhatsApp has filled a legal complaint in Delhi against the Indian government, requesting that regulations that go into effect on Wednesday be blocked, as experts believe they will force the…
News Update Delhi High Court: Facebook and WhatsApp plea are misconceived in challenging CCI order on privacy policy 23 Apr 2021 Competition Commission of India stated that new WhatsApp policy would lead to excess data and and would lead to abuse of dominant position. Additional Solicitor General Aman Lekhi for the…
News Update Delhi Court discharged UAPA charges against Alleged Al-qaeda Operative 22 Mar 2021 In a huge blow for the National Investigation Agency, a Delhi court recently found a suspected Al-Qaeda operative Samium Rahman not guilty of violating the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA)…
News Update A plea has been filed in the supreme court against Net Services suspension 3 Feb 2021 A Petition was filed before the supreme court regarding immediate revival of the Net Services in Singhu, Ghazipur, and Tikri and requesting directions to media organizations towards circulating "hate news"…
News Update SC seeks reply from whatsapp for not sharing UPI data with any third party* 2 Feb 2021 In addition to the plea which seeks to get the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court regarding the sharing of UPI data with any third party, a number of interlocutory…
Lawcutor 