Delhi High Court Closes Suit By Hotstar Against Rogue Websites Over Unauthorized Telecasting Of 'The Big Bull Film'

The Delhi High Court has disposed of a suit by Novi Digital Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., operating the online video streaming platform Hotstar, filed against various rogue websites apprehending illegal and unauthorized telecast of 'The Big Bull' film before its release last year. While the movie was slated for theatrical release on 8th April, 2021, the suit was filed on 22nd March 2021 seeking...

Lives Of Consenting Adults Living Together As Husband & Wife Cannot Be Interfered With By Third Parties, Their Families: Delhi High Court

"Once two adults consent to live together as husband and wife there can be perceivably no interference in their lives from third parties, including their family," the Delhi High Court has recently observed. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela further added that the State is under a Constitutional obligation to protect its citizens especially in cases where the marriage is solemnized between two...

Kerala High Court Issues Directions For Effective & Gender-Neutral Victim Protection Protocol For Sexual Assault Survivors

In a significant development, the Kerala High Court has notified a list of directions to the State authorities to set up a gender-neutral victim protection protocol to ensure that all survivors of sexual abuse are empowered and encouraged to approach law enforcement agencies.Justice Devan Ramachandran issued the directions to secure the effective execution of the mechanisms already...

Best Bakery Case: Accused Alleges Tutoring Of Witnesses By Teesta Setalvad, Seeks Transfer Of Trial

One of the two accused facing trial in Mumbai in the second part of the Best Bakery case of Gujarat has alleged tutoring of witnesses in the trial and sought transfer of the case to some other Additional Sessions Judge. The plea filed by Harshad Solanki before the Principal Sessions Judge Vrushali Joshi alleges that the existing trial judge had not taken cognisance of his...

1989 Nusli Wadia Murder Conspiracy: Court Seeks CBI's Reply On Accused's Plea To Summon Mukesh Ambani As Witness

Ivan Sequeira, one of the accused in the 1989 case of a murder attempt on industrialist Nusli Wadia, the then chairman of Bombay Dyeing, has sought for industrialist Mukesh Ambani to be summoned as a witness in the case.According to police, Sequeira was assigned the task of firing at Wadia. The court has sought the CBI's response to the plea by July 28. Late Kirti Ambani, a...

Gauhati High Court Grants Bail To College Student Booked Under UAPA For Allegedly Writing Pro-ULFAI Post On Facebook

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday granted bail to a college student (Borshahsri Buragohain/Borshahari Buragohain) who has been accused of writing a Facebook post allegedly supporting a banned terrorist organization United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I).The bench of Justice Ajit Borthakur granted her bail by observing that further continuation of her detention may not be...

Courts Can Exercise Judicial Review In Contractual Matters Only If Malafide/ Arbitrariness Is Shown: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court recently observed that judicial review by the Court in contractual matters is very limited and unless malafides and arbitrariness was shown, the Court could not interfere with the administrative action. The observation came from Justice G. Radha Rani in a writ petition challenging the action of the 2nd respondent in not permitting the petitioner to participate...

CBIC Clarifies On Concessional BCD Rate On Import Of Parts Used In Manufacturing LCD/LED TV Panels

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued a clarification on the concessional Basic Custom Duty (BCD) rate on parts used in the manufacturing of Liquid Crystal Device (LCD) and Light Emitting Diode (LED) TV panels. S. Nos. 515A and 515B of notification No. 50/2017-Customs dated June 30, 2017 provides for a concessional BCD rate of 5% for specified...

[Privacy Policy] CCI Can't Investigate Facebook Merely Because It Owns Whatsapp: Meta Tells Delhi High Court

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, on Friday told the Delhi High Court that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) cannot investigate it in a 'creeping fashion' in relation to the WhatsApp's new privacy policy. The submissions were made before a division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad in the appeals filed by WhatsApp and its parent...

No Section 40(a)(ia) Disallowance In Case Of Short Deduction Of TDS: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that no disallowance under Section 40 (a)(ia) of the Income Tax Act is called for in the case of a short deduction of TDS and the correct course of action would have been to invoke Section 201 of the Income Tax Act. The division bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora has observed that disallowance under section 40A(2)(b) has...

Magistrate Can't Probe Matter Or Discharge Accused Where Offence Is Cognizable By Sessions Court: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that whenever it is provided that an offence is cognizable by the Session Court, the Magistrate cannot probe the matter and cannot discharge the accused. With this, the Court set aside an order of magistrate dismissing discharge application filed by an accused booked under Section 306 IPCThe bench of Justice Brij Raj Singh further observed that the...

Merely Because Sexual Abuse Results In Tying Of Knot Between Victim & Accused Or Birth Of Child Does Not Mitigate Act Of Rape: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that merely because an act of sexual abuse results in tying of knot between the victim and the accused or in birth of a child, it does not mitigate the act of rape. It added that the consent of a minor is immaterial and inconsequential in law.Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta also added that the act of claiming consent of the minor by accused, after luring...