Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Stand On PIL Against Non-Regulation Of Artificial Intelligence And Deepfake Technologies

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought stand of the Central Government on a public interest litigation against the non-regulation of Artificial Intelligence and deepfake technologies in India.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna granted time to Central Government's counsel Apoorv Kurup to obtain instructions in the matter. The case will now be heard...

Review Bombing| Kerala High Court Calls For 'Close Watch' Of Online Platforms Against Anonymous & Malicious Film Reviews

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday called for a 'close watch' on online platforms to ensure that that anonymous and mala fide reviews of films are not allowed to circulate on such platforms. Justice Devan Ramachandran directed the concerned authorities to take necessary action under the Information Technology Act ('IT Act'), and implement the same scrupulously, against any such...

Can't Charge For iPhone Repair Service Within Warranty Period, South Chennai District Commission Holds Apple And Its Service Providers Liable

The South Chennai District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission bench is comprised of TMT. B. Jijaa (President), T.R. Sivakumhar (Member) and S Nandagopalan (Member) held Apple India Private Limited, B2X Service Solution India Pvt Ltd, and iCare Apple Authorized Service Centre jointly and severally liable for deficiency of service for refusing to repair an iPhone which was under...

Delhi High Court Protects Actor Anil Kapoor's Personality Rights, Restrains Use Of His Name, Image Or Voice Without Consent

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor and restrained various entities from misusing his image, name, voice or other elements of his persona for monetary gains without his consent. Justice Prathiba M Singh also restrained “other unknown persons” from disseminating various videos, links of which will...

Digital Personal Data Protection Act Is An Outlier, Not In A Good Way : Apar Gupta

On August 12, 2023, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act received the assent of the President of India, clearing the way for the act to come into force when notified by the central government. It is the first law made for processing data in India and it brings several amendments to the Right to Information Act and the Information Technology Act. According to the preamble of the...

“Cloud Service Fee” Received By Amazon From Customers In India Is Not Taxable As Royalty, FTS, FIS: ITAT

The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that cloud computing services provided by Amazon Web Services cannot be held liable to tax in India as royalty and fee for technical or included services (FTS/FIS).The bench of G.S. Pannu (President) and Astha Chandra (Judicial Member) has observed that the AWS services provided by Amazon are standardised services that do...

Google Appeals To Supreme Court Against NCLAT Order Upholding Rs. 1337.76 Crores Penalty Imposed By CCI

The tech giant Google has filed an appeal before the Supreme Court, challenging the order dated 29.03.2023 passed by the National Company Law appellate Tribunal (“NCLAT”), New Delhi, whereby the imposition of Rs. 1337.76 Crores penalty on Google by the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) was upheld. Google has been penalized for abusing its dominant position in the Android OS...

Use Of AI Cameras For Detecting Road Violations Cannot Be Discouraged Due To Corruption Allegations: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that the 'innovative venture' of using AI (Artificial Intelligence) cameras for detecting road violations cannot be discouraged merely because of allegations of corruption in implementation of the project.A single bench of Justice P V Kunhikrishnan observed there may be objections regarding transparency of the project and even corruption allegations....

Kerala High Court Quashes Case Against Rehana Fathima Over Video Showing Her Children Painting On Her Semi-Naked Body

The Kerala High Court on Monday quashed the proceedings against controversial activist Rehana Fathima before the lower court in the matter relating to the circulation of a video that showed her children painting on her semi-nude body. Justice Kauser Edappagath passed the order. The allegation against Fathima was that she had asked her two minor children, a boy and a girl of the ages 14 and...

Right To Be Forgotten | Kerala High Court Refuses To Expunge Remarks Suggesting Google To Use AI Tools To Remove Identifiers From Judgments Online

The Kerala High Court recently refused to expunge remarks from its Right to be Forgotten judgment, whereby it was opined that Google is not 'content blind' and it cannot shirk liability to remove judgments and content disclosing personal details of parties.The Division Bench comprising Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Shoba Annamma Eapen dismissed the petition filed by the search...

“Activation Charges” Of Equipment/Software Features Covered Under The Activity Of Sales Of Goods, Not “Service”: CESTAT

The Ahmedabad Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the “activation charges” of equipment/ software features are covered under the activity of sales of goods and not covered under the provisions of “Service”.The two-member bench of Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) and Raju (Technical Member) has observed that if the software whether customized...

'Will Same Steps Taken In Europe Be Followed In India?': Supreme Court Asks Google In Challenge To CCI Order Over Android Dominance

Will Google follow the same approach taken by it in European Union, as regards pre-installed apps in Android-based in mobile phones, in India? The Supreme Court asked Google India this question while considering the tech-giant's plea challenging the order of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal(NCLAT) which declined to stay the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) decision to impose...