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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Can an actor stop strangers from selling his face on t-shirts and mugs? At the interim stage, the Delhi High Court has ordered the takedown of deepfakes, impersonation accounts, fake websites and unauthorised merchandise listings in actor Vijay Deverakonda’s personality rights suit. New Delhi: Protecting actor Vijay Deverakonda’s personality rights at the interim stage, the […]
Can a social media post about an imminent hearing amount to criminal contempt? An advocate has asked the Attorney General for consent to initiate contempt against Saurav Das over an X post on a Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, while accepting that fair criticism of courts is permissible. New Delhi: Advocate Kaushik […]
The Delhi High Court will pass an order on actor Vijay Deverakonda’s Personality Rights Plea seeking protection against AI-generated content, fake endorsements and unauthorised merchandise. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued summons in a suit filed by actor Vijay Deverakonda seeking protection of his personality rights against AI-generated content, digital manipulation of […]
