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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Delhi High Court grants permanent injunction against Facebake or Facecake from using the well known trademark Facebook

    Delhi High Court: Navin Chawla J. restrains Facebake and Facecake based in Bangalore which sells confectionary items like cakes etc.

Published on July 13, 2022May 15, 2025By Editor_4
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Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

DCDRC directs Facebook to run online scam related awareness advertisements on various media platforms in order to neutralize the effect of misleading ads on its page

“In today’s modern world of virtual life, most of the people are familiar with mobile technology which comes with great responsibility”

Published on July 12, 2022July 12, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Statement that Kashmir is under occupation of armed forces and people of Kashmir reduced to slaves, will be protected under Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression?J&K and Ladakh HC answers

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Stating that, the intention of a person can be gathered from the words spoken or

Published on May 9, 2022May 13, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Long custody is an essential factor for granting bail under UAPA; HC grants bail to woman lodged in jail along with her infant in connection with a Facebook post  

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Anupinder Singh Grewal, J., granted bail to the woman who was in custody along with her barely

Published on January 13, 2022January 12, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

“If this is how proceedings will go on …”: SC accentuates importance of succinctly framed written synopsis;  time-bound oral arguments; crisp, clear and precise judgments

“After all, it is for ‘the common man’ that the judicial system exists.”

Published on July 13, 2021July 16, 2021By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

SC puts fetter on exercise undertaken by Delhi Legislative Assembly’s Committee enquiring into Facebook’s role in aggravating Delhi Riots last year; Says FB representatives will have to appear

Supreme Court: A 3-Judge Bench comprising of Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ. has held that representatives of Facebook

Published on July 12, 2021July 30, 2021By Editor_4
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Case BriefsInternational Courts

[Privacy Infringement] ECJ authorizes the Member States to lift “one-stop shop” veil, making Facebook and other Tech giants vulnerable to potential sanctions in EU

European Court of Justice (ECJ): In a long-fought battle against Facebook the Belgian Data Protection Authority had secured a major win.  The

Published on June 18, 2021By Editor_4
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Supreme Court of The United States
Case BriefsForeign Courts

Is Facebook’s login notification system an ‘autodialer’ as per Telephone Consumers Protection Act? Read what SCOTUS had to say  

Supreme Court of The United States (SCOTUS): On April 1st, the 9 Judge Bench of the Court while looking into the allegations

Published on June 16, 2021June 18, 2021By Editor_4
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Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CCI | No ‘opt-out’ option for WhatsApp users in the 2021 Update. Why? Data Sharing with Facebook, Unilateral terms and more. Read CCI’s take on WhatsApp’s conduct in the garb of the policy update

Competition Commission of India (CCI): The coram comprising of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi (Members) while

Published on March 27, 2021April 23, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Orissa HC | Read how High Court emphasised the need of ‘Right to be Forgotten’ in cases of objectionable photos and videos of victims on social media

Orissa High Court: S.K. Panigrahi, J., while addressing the instant case highlighted the significance of “Right to be forgotten” and observed that, “…many

Published on December 7, 2020December 11, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

P&H HC | Right to Voice Opinion freely and Criticize government’s functioning is every citizen’s right in a democracy: Read Court’s outlook on language to be adopted while criticising

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Sudhir Mittal, J., while addressing a bail matter observed that, while criticising the government in a democracy is

Published on November 9, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CCI | No contravention of anti-trust laws or rise of any competition concern: Commission dismisses complaint against WhatsApp alleging unfair business

Competition Commission of India (CCI): The Coram of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi (Members) while addressing

Published on September 2, 2020September 28, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | State to introduce stricter norms to curb rapid rise of absolutely avoidable & unwarranted inflammatory posts/messages on social media

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and Madhav J. Jamdar, J., while addressing the instant Public Interest Litigation made

Published on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

MP HC | Digital Detoxification: Court imposes condition of staying away from Facebook and Whatsapp while granting bail

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Anand Pathak, J., while granting bail and directing to adhere bail conditions added a condition with regard to  “digital

Published on August 7, 2020August 14, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

[Breaking] Del HC| Use of certain social networking sites by defence personnel enables enemy countries to gain an edge: Govt | Plea challenging Indian Army’s Social Media Ban Policy, dismissed

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Asha Menon, JJ., dismissed the petition filed by a Lieutenant Colonel,

Published on August 5, 2020August 14, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC directs immediate removal of law student’s photographs lifted from social media platforms and placed on porn website

Delhi High Court: Anup Jairam Bhambhani, J., directed the the Delhi Police to assure that the immediate removal of a law student’s pictures

Published on July 20, 2020July 24, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Business NewsNews

Jio-Facebook Deal | CCI approves acquisition of 9.99% stake in Jio Platforms by Facebooks’ subsidiary Jaadhu Holdings LLC

CCI approves acquisition of 9.99% stake in Jio Platforms by Facebooks’ subsidiary Jaadhu Holdings LLC The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves

Published on June 25, 2020June 25, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Manipur HC | Contempt proceedings initiated against ASP for posting derogatory content on Facebook against a Special Judge and Judiciary

Manipur High Court: A Division Bench of Lanusungkum Jamir and Kh. Nobin Singh, JJ., initiated contempt proceedings, wherein Additional Superintendent of Police is

Published on June 15, 2020June 19, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Business LawOp EdsOP. ED.

Analysing the Competition Law issues in the ambitious Jio-Facebook deal

by Samanvi Narang and Prateek Gupta*

Published on May 7, 2020July 14, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC | Facebook, Instagram directed to pull down posts violating trademark ‘DA MILANO’ in terms of IT (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules, 2011

Delhi High Court: Pratibha M. Singh, J. while addressing a petition concerning the protection of the trademark ‘DA MILANO’, issued certain guidelines

Published on September 9, 2019September 11, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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