An invitation to debate the constitutional legality of Darjeeling-Sikkim Unification does not amount to promoting enmity under Section 196 of the BNS, the Sikkim High Court has held, quashing the FIR, charge-sheet and trial against three members of the Gorkha Seva Sena while calling their use of the State’s official logo “mischievous”. Gangtok: A printed […]
Tamil Nadu has told the Madras High Court it has already begun framing a standard operating procedure, even as the Court sought the DGP’s reply on a plea for uniform safeguards governing Police Action Over Social Media Posts and political speech. Chennai: The State told the Madras High Court on Wednesday, November 11, that it […]
Where does political satire end and an attack on a woman’s dignity begin? The Delhi High Court has held, prima facie, that AI-Generated Posts published by the Aam Aadmi Party depicting Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta as a liquor vendor, hawker and delivery agent fall on the wrong side of that line, and has ordered […]
Can posts against a Kirori Mal College Professor be taken down before the account holders are heard? A Tis Hazari civil court has granted an ex-parte interim injunction, directing X, Meta and LinkedIn to remove identified posts it found prima facie derogatory and abusive, and WhatsApp to act against a group. New Delhi: Vineeta Sharma, […]
A contempt notice to Kerala Congress office-bearers over a deleted post asking CJI Surya Kant to resign has come from the Supreme Court, which said “Judicial restraint must never be mistaken for institutional weakness” while clarifying that it has expressed no opinion on the merits. New Delhi: Over a now-deleted post on the party’s Kerala […]
The slogan was raised on December 18, 2022, the complaint came two years later on the strength of a YouTube clip, and no sanction for prosecution was on record: the Karnataka High Court has quashed the Pakistan Zindabad Slogan Case against a man who joined a BJP protest in Mandya. Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court […]
