The Madras High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to a DMK councillor booked over a speech against Chief Minister Vijay, and the price of her liberty is not her silence: the Court recorded her own promise of restraint, refused to make it a condition, and reminded the police that they serve the State and not the […]
The allegations did not disclose the intent that the offences invoked require, the Court held, as the Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Pune Engineering Student over her reposting of a post on Operation Sindoor. Mumbai: A 20-year-old engineering student in Pune, booked at Kondhwa Police Station for reposting an Instagram post on the Indian […]
Calcutta High Court restrains circulation of video on Modi-Adani ties on an ad-interim basis in a defamation suit by Adani Enterprises, in an order that is prima facie and does not decide the truth of the claims. Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has restrained a YouTuber and social media platforms from circulating a 36-minute video […]
Supreme Court Questions FIR registered over a social media post in Chhattisgarh and extends interim protection from coercive steps to the accused, Rupnarayan Ekka, till the next hearing on December 4. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday (October 26) questioned the registration of an FIR against Rupnarayan Ekka over a social media post, with […]
Seven FIRs over one incident, and a news report reposted on X: the Karnataka High Court has issued six guidelines against mechanical arrests and repeat FIRs over social media posts, saying that registration of a crime must not automatically lead to arrest, and has quashed the Puttur case against the account’s administrator. Bengaluru: Crime No. […]
Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR against the administrator of an X account for reposting a news report on an alleged stalking incident in Puttur, and directs the police to stop mechanical registration of FIRs and arrests over social media posts. Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed an FIR registered under Section 353(2) of the […]