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SC issues notice in plea seeking regulation of social media profile verification; minors’ access and circulation of obscene material. Read what the PIL states
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA Bobde, CJ and AS Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ has issued notice in a PIL
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
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
Ker HC | Mother posting video on social media being painted on nude body by minors to teach sex education: Prima facie use of children for sexual gratification
Kerala High Court: P. V. Kunhikrishnan, J., addressed a matter wherein a mother uploaded a video on social media wherein she was getting
Fact Check: Has the DIG of Indore issued any advisory to the police to uninstall Chinese apps?
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Kar HC | Social divide is being brought in minds of people on basis of communal identification of group of persons through Social Media
Karnataka High Court: R. Devdas, J., while addressing a bail application held that, social media has created a panic situation where a social
Kar HC |No precise legislative definition of what ‘hate speech’ is; Since Parliament has not yet thought it appropriate to legislate on the concept of ‘hate speech’, Court cannot interfere by issuing directions
Karnataka High Court: A Division bench of B.V. Nagarathna and M.G. Uma, JJ., dismissed a petition filed to call for records from
Madras HC | For visual media, there are no regulations in force except self-regulation; PIL for issuing guidelines for visual media — dismissed
Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and M. Nirmal Kumar, JJ., while addressing a PIL held that, “With regard to
Editors Guild of India noted with shock and concern the high-handed manner in which law enforcement agencies in J&K used prevailing laws to deal with 2 journalists
The Editors Guild of India has noted with shock and concern the high-handed manner in which the law enforcement agencies in Jammu
Press Council of India | Electronic media, TV news channels, social media i.e. Whatsapp/ twitter/Facebook do not come under the jurisdiction of PCI
The Press Council of India is a statutory, quasi-judicial authority set-up by an Act of the Parliament. It functions under the Press
Parliament Update | Reported Use of Spyware Pegasus to Compromise Phone Data of Some Persons through WhatsApp
Minister of Law and Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad made a statement with respect to the “Reported Use of Spyware Pegasus to Compromise
Centre to apprise SC on timeline for making & notifying guidelines to curb social media misuse [Full report]
Supreme Court: In the bid to gather information from intermediaries regarding the names of the originators of any message/content/information shared on the
Linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar: SC issues notice to social media websites on Facebook’s transfer plea
Supreme Court: While hearing Facebook Inc’s petition asking Supreme Court to hear all cases related to demands for linking Aadhaar to social
Bail rejected on ground of “waging war” against the Government of India through social media platform
Punjab and Haryana High Court: While addressing a bail application under Section 439 CrPC, 1973, the Single Judge bench of Sudip Ahluwalia
Azam Khan’s remarks on Bulandshahar Rape Case: 5-judge Constitution Bench to decide whether a minister can claim free speech in such matters
Supreme Court: In the plea filed by a man whose wife and daughter were allegedly gangraped in July last year on a highway