The Calcutta High Court directed the West Bengal DGP to submit a Standard Operating Procedure for handling social media content targeting judges and judicial proceedings, during hearing of a case connected to Swami Pradiptananda before Justice Jay Sengupta.
The Kerala High Court refused to stay release of a film allegedly based on the Venjaramoodu murder case, citing creative freedom. It held that apprehensions of trial influence and privacy harm were insufficient grounds to block the film’s release.
