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...

Centre's OTT Rules 'Lack Teeth', Says Supreme Court; Solicitor General Agrees To Present New Draft

The Supreme Court on Friday expressed dissatisfaction about the new rules framed by the Central Government under the Information Technology Act to regulate Over The Top(OTT) platforms like Netlifx, Prime Vidoe etc., social media platforms and digital news portals."These OTT Rules don't have any teeth; they're only just guidelines", orally observed the Supreme Court on Friday during a...

BREAKING - 'Tandav' Row : Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Amazon Prime Video Head Aparna Purohit

The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest to Amazon Prime Video's India head Aparna Purohit in the FIR registered by UP Police over alleged hurting of religious sentiments by the web series 'Tandav'.A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy observed that the protection from arrest will be subject to the petitioner cooperating with the investigation...

Supreme Court Seeks WhatsApp, Facebook, Google Pay, Amazon Pay Response On Plea Seeking Data Protection On UPI Platforms

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of WhatsApp India, Facebook, Google Pay, Amazon Pay and the Union Government on a plea seeking directions to ensure that data collected by Unified Payment Interface(UPI) platforms is not shared with parent company or any other third party under any circumstances.A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India issued the direction to the respondents...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea To Ensure 'WhatsApp Pay' Complies With Privacy Guidelines

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in an Impleadment Application, filed in a plea pertaining to data protection on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platforms, which states that WhatsApp Pay is all set to launch full-scale operations in India despite the instant petition being pending before the Court. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde heard the submissions of...

Fair Price Shop Dealers Acting With Connivance Of Login Operators To Manipulate Aadhar Data: UP Govt Tells Allahabad High Court [Read Order]

The Principal Secretary, Food & Civil Supply Department, Lucknow has alleged that the fair price shop dealers have been acting "in connivance" with login operators to meddle with the Aadhaar details in the data base, which is maintained by the National Informatics Centre (NIC). The State Government has informed the Court that about 458 cases have been registered in this regard and...

SC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Formulation Of Autonomous Body To Regulate OTT Platforms Like Netflix And Amazon Prime

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, and Internet and Mobile Association of India in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking for regulation OTT platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime by an autonomous body.A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde issued notice and sought the Centre's response in the...

PIL In SC Seeks Protection From Misuse Of Data Collected On UPI Platform; Alleges Whatsapp, Google, Amazon Allowed To Operate Without Scrutiny

Rajya Sabha MP, Binoy Viswam has moved Supreme Court with a PIL seeking protection of financial data of Indian citizens stored on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platforms. Invoking the Right to Privacy of all Indians using this platform, it is asserted that Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and National Payments Corporations of India (NPCI) are statutorily obligated to protect...