Delhi HC Asks Registrar General To Expeditiously Explore Possibility Of Creating Software To Preserve Right To Default Bail

The Delhi High Court has asked its Registrar General to expeditiously implement a 2018 verdict wherein he was requested to explore the possibility of creation of a database for district courts to ensure preservation of right of default bail of the accused. Justice Anu Malhotra referred to the observations made in Arvind Kumar Saxena v. State wherein she had requested the Registrar General...

Delhi High Court Grants Protection To Sony Against Rogue Websites Illegally Telecasting International Cricket Series 2022

The Delhi High Court recently granted injunction in favour of the Sony entertainment network against rogue websites illegally telecasting International Cricket Series 2022. The order was passed by Justice Sanjeev Narula who passed the following directions: "In light of the above, the following interim directions to protect the interest of the Plaintiff are...

Forwarding Of Woman's Nude Video Amounts To "Sexually Explicit Act" Under Section 67A IT Act : Bombay HC's Prima Facie View

Refusing anticipatory bail to a man accused of forwarding a married woman's nude video to several people, the Bombay High Court observed that prima facie his alleged misdeed would be an offence under Section 67A of the Information Technology Act. Section 67A prescribes the punishment for publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act. Justice Bharati...

[IT Rules 2021] Social Media Intermediaries Must Respect Fundamental Rights, Issue Notice Before Taking Action Against User Accounts: Centre To Delhi HC

Intermediaries must be held accountable for subjugating fundamental rights like right to freedom of speech, Centre said.

Can't Become Super-Censor, No Compulsion To Proactively Monitor 'Unlawful Content' On FB, Insta: Meta Tells MP High Court

Meta has deposed before the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore Bench) that it can't be compelled to proactively monitor its platforms (Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp) for unlawful content and that it can't become a super-censor for billions of users and billions of pieces of content posted on its platforms every day.Essentially, Meta has filed an affidavit in a Public Interest Litigation...

YouTuber Alleges Google Violated IT Rules 2021 While Terminating His Accounts: Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Stand

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea moved by a YouTuber, claiming to have more than 1 million subscribers, against Google for not complying with the provisions of Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 while terminating his two channels. Justice V Kameswar Rao sought response of Centre and Google while posting the matter...

Mirzapur Web-Series: Allahabad High Court Quashes FIR Against Makers, Directors & Writers

The Allahabad High Court today quashed the First Information Report (FIR) registered against Web Series Mirzapur's producers Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani in a case registered against them alleging that the series showed Uttar Pradesh in a "bad light". A Bench of Justice MC Tripathi and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi also quashed the FIR against 'Mirzapur Series' Directors and...

High Court Directs Centre, DMRC To Consider Plea For Regulation Of Yulu E-Bikes Plying On Delhi Streets

The Delhi High Court today asked Centre, Delhi Government and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to consider as representation a PIL seeking to regulate the use of 'Yulu Bikes' in the national capital.Launched in 2018, Yulu Bikes are rental e-bikes to provide last mile connectivity to metro riders. These are available outside several metro stations in Delhi and are rented online.The...

Sabarimala Virtual Queue: Kerala High Court Seeks Details Regarding Privacy Of Data Submitted By Devotees

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Kerala High Court questioning the legality of the 'Sabarimala Pilgrim Management System' ('SPMS') implemented by the Kerala Police, alleging that it restricts Darshan in Sabarimala to only those who avail the Virtual Queue Services.The Virtual Queue, as per the website maintained by the Police Department, is "a limited...

Removal Of Offending Content From Internet: Delhi High Court Lays Down Procedure, Guidelines For Intermediaries, Govt.Agencies

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday held that photographs taken from Facebook and Instagram accounts uploaded on pornographic website without the consent of such person amounts to an offence under sec. 67 of the IT Act and that such an act, even if the photographs are not in itself obscene of offensive, without the consent of the party would amount to breach of person's privacy. While making...

"Online Web Platforms Need To Be Regulated By Statutory Body In The Interest Of Public Morality And Decency " : NGO Submits Before Supreme Court

Justice For Rights Foundation, has submitted before Supreme Court that an effective control of content on OTT platforms cannot be done without legislation, and regulation of these platforms by statutory body is necessary in interest of public morality and decency. The submissions have been made in its rejoinder affidavit filed in response to the counter affidavit filed by Central government...

[Use of Sakshi Malik's photo in V] Casual and Cavalier Approach With No Thought To the Very Real Consequences On the Person, Says Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court on Thursday, while lifting the prohibition order on the release of Telugu Movie 'V' on OTT platform, Amazon Prime, opined that the Vemkateshwara Creation's approach while using actor Sakshi Malik's photograph in the film was 'casual and cavalier in the extreme'.The development came after the High Court on Tuesday restrained Venkateshwara Creations Pvt. Ltd. from...