When both WhatsApp numbers came back, the Bar Association President’s plea had nothing left to decide: the Madhya Pradesh High Court closed it without any further directions. Jabalpur: Counsel for WhatsApp told the Madhya Pradesh High Court that both numbers of the President of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association, whose WhatsApp accounts he […]
Fifteen days to report back: NCW Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of a nine-second news clip that linked folk singer Neha Singh Rathore to an alleged sex racket, which the channel that ran it has since called factually incorrect. New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on October 19 asked the Ministry of Information and […]
Justice Gauri Godse of the Bombay High Court has partly allowed Serum Institute of India and Adar Poonawalla’s interim application in their defamation suit, directing X Corp to take down a fresh video posted by defendant Yohan Tengra after the June 2023 injunction, refusing wider directions against intermediaries, and issuing show-cause notices to defendants 1 to 4 under Order XXXIX Rule 2A CPC returnable on October 27, 2026.
The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Government’s Grievance Appellate Committee to decide, within three to four weeks, an appeal by the Students’ Federation of India against the permanent disabling of its Instagram account. Justice Amit Mahajan disposed of SFI’s plea alleging that the Committee, constituted under the Information Technology Rules, 2021, had failed to decide the appeal within the prescribed period. The Court did not rule on the merits of the account’s disabling.
The Delhi High Court has granted an interim injunction restraining unauthorised commercial use of actor NTR Jr’s name, image and persona on online platforms. The Court ordered the takedown of infringing merchandise and digital content within 72 hours, recognising strong personality and publicity rights.
The Kerala High Court ordered YouTube and Instagram to remove offensive edits of a minor girl’s movie review that were distorted to mock her. The girl’s mother petitioned the court after attempts to report the videos failed. The ruling emphasizes the platforms’ legal obligation to protect children’s content from harm.
