First Lawsuit Against Facebook & Cambridge Analytica

A class-action complaint has been filed by Lauren Price, a resident of Maryland, before the U.S. District Court in San Jose, California seeking unspecified damages for Facebook’s failure to protect data of its users and the exploitation of the data by Cambridge Analytica in the 2016 US election campaign. The complaint alleges violation of California unfair competition law.It is only...

Cabinet Okays Moving Amendments to Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval for moving official amendments to the ‘Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016’.The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 proposes to regulate surrogacy in India by establishing National Surrogacy Board at the Central level and State Surrogacy Boards and Appropriate Authorities in the States and Union...

Messages For Linking Aadhaar With Mobile Numbers Should Not Contain Last Date In View Of SC Order: Department Of Telecommunications

The Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications has directed all licensees to make sure that no communications, voice messages and SMSs sent by them to their mobile subscribers for re-verification of mobile connections through Aadhaar based KYC process should contain the last date for such re-verification.In a notification issued on Wednesday, it extended the time limit of...

11 Cow Vigilantes Get Life Term In Alimuddin Lynching Case

A fast track court on Wednesday sentenced 11 cow vigilantes to life imprisonment in a case related to mob lynching of Alimuddin for carrying of cow meat in Ramgarh district.The convicted persons are Deepak Mishra, Chhotu Verma, Santosh Singh, Nityanand Mahto, Vicky Sao, Sikandar Ram, Kapil Thakur, Rohit Thakur, Raju Kumar, Vikram Prasad and Uttam Ram. They were convicted under section 147,...

NALSAR, NLUD, RGNUL, NLUO Among 60 Higher Education Institutions Granted Autonomy by UGC

In a historic decision, the University Grants Commission has granted autonomy to 60 higher educational institutions which have maintained high academic standards. This was announced by Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar at a media briefing in New Delhi on Tuesday.Javadekar said the government is striving to introduce a liberalized regime in the education sector and...

Madras HC Upholds Conviction Of Man Accused Of Killing His Son For Being ‘Road Block For His Sexual Journey Towards His Wife’ [Read Judgment]

The son exposed his own life to fatality, fit enough to be a sacrifice, sufficient to save his mother from her tormentor for a considerable period, but not sufficient to save his own life, the bench observed.The Madras High Court recently upheld the conviction of a man accused of killing his own son.A bench headed by Justice S Vimala termed the case as a rare case where the father has...

2G Scam: Delhi HC Notice To Raja, Kanimozhi, Others As CBI, ED Appeal Against Acquittal

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to former telecom minister A Raja, DMK leader Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi and 17 others in the 2G spectrum allocation scam on appeals moved by the CBI and the ED against their acquittal by a special court last year.Justice SP Garg issued notice to all persons once accused of various roles in the 2G scam.While the ED had moved the high...

Bombay HC Grants Temporary Bail To Law Student For Appearing In Semester Exams [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has yet again granted bail to a law student for appearing in his semester examinations. It is not the first time the said student has been granted a conditional bail for this reason, as the court had granted him bail last year for attending his first and second semester examinations.A division bench of Justice SB Shukre and Justice ZA Haq of the Nagpur bench were hearing...

Prosecution Needn’t Adduce Evidence Of Rape Against Each Accused In Gangrape Case, Common Intent Should Be There: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court dismissed an appeal filed by an accused in a gangrape case of a 17-year-old girl and held that under Section 376 (2) (g) of the Indian Penal Code, if it is proved that more than one accused had acted in concert with a common intention, then if rape had been committed by even one, all the accused will be held guilty.Justice AS Gadkari passed the judgment while hearing...

JNU Prof Atul Johri Gets Bail In Sexual Misconduct Case

JNU Professor Atul Johri, accused of sexual misconduct with several female students, was on Tuesday granted bail by a Delhi court within hours of his arrest.Johri was arrested by Delhi police at 5:42 PM on Wednesday following protests by angry students at Vasant Kunj a day earlier, and by the All-India Democratic Women’s Association earlier in the day.He was produced before duty...

Strict Penal Provision For Snatching: Delhi HC Asks Centre What Action Has It Taken On Letters From Delhi Govt [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to show the action it has taken on letters written to it by the Delhi Government for making statutory amendments in the Indian Penal Code to incorporate ‘snatching’ as a specific offence with a stricter punishment to check the menace.A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar sought the Centre’s response after the...

Punjab & Haryana HC Does It Once Again: Quashes Rape Case On Marriage Between Victim And Accused [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has yet again quashed an FIR alleging rape on the ground that the victim and the accused have married and are residing together happily.Justice Jaishree Thakur referring to the compromise, observed: “As per the terms of the compromise, the parties have solemnized marriage with each other and they are now residing together as husband and wife happily, hence,...