Breaking: Whatsapp Privacy Policy Case: NCLAT Grants Partial Relief to Meta, WhatsApp; Allows User Data Sharing for Ads

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Tuesday granted partial relief to Meta Platforms Inc. and WhatsApp LLC in their appeal against a Competition Commission of India (CCI) order related to WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy update. While the tribunal upheld the Rs 213.14 crore penalty imposed by the CCI, it set aside the finding that Meta had leveraged WhatsApp's dominant...

Words Need Not Compel Victim To Commit Suicide; Suggestive 'Instigation' Sufficient For Abetment: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that to satisfy the requirement of 'instigation' leading to the offence of abetment of suicide, the words of the accused need not be such as to compel the victim to commit suicide and it would be sufficient if the same is suggestive of the consequence.Justice V.G. Arun was considering a plea to quash the criminal proceedings initiated against the petitioner...

Magistrate Cannot Direct Secured Creditor To Bear Police Expenses While Taking Possession Of Secured Asset: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur has recently ruled that a Magistrate cannot direct a secured creditor to deposit expenses for police assistance while taking possession of a secured asset under Section 14 of the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act). A single-judge bench of Justice Ashutosh Kumar made the...

Karnataka High Court Closes PIL For Banning Websites, Apps Showing Nudity & Pornography In View Of Pending Pleas Before Supreme Court

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (November 4) disposed of a public interest litigation seeking directions to the Central Government to ban certain websites and applications (Apps) allegedly displaying nudity and pornography.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Poonacha disposed of the petition filed by the Legal Attorneys and Barristers Law Firm, after it was...

Court Can't Allow Intervenors Sans Reason, Plaintiff Can't Be Forced To Implead Party Against Whom No Relief Is Sought: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has reiterated that plaintiff being the 'dominus litis' cannot be compelled to implead someone, against whom he seeks no relief, as a defendant in his suit. The Bench of Justice Sashikanta Mishra, however, clarified that if the plaintiff chooses not to add someone as defendant, he does so at his own risk. In the words of the Court –“Court below has not cited any...

Legal Aid Clinic, HPNLU Shimla Organises Webinar on 'Financial Frauds & Digital Arrest: Legal Insights and Safeguards

The Legal Aid Clinic, Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla, is organizing an insightful webinar on “Financial Frauds & Digital Arrest: Legal Insights and Safeguards” in collaboration with the Vidhi Vimarsh Initiative.This session aims to:· Create awareness about the growing menace of financial frauds and online scams.· Explain the concept of “digital arrests” and the misuse of law enforcement imagery in cyber fraud.· Provide participants with an understanding of...

Protection Officer (Institutional Care) And Project Coordinator (CHL) Vacancy At District Child Protection Unit Nicobar District Car Nicobar

The Office of the Chairperson (Deputy Commissioner) invites application for the post of Protection Officer (Institutional Care) and Project Coordinator (CHL) at District Child Protection Unit and Child Helpline 1098 Nicobar, Under Mission Vatsalya, on a Contractual basis.Name of the Post: Protection Officer (Institutional Care) and Project Coordinator (CHL) No. of Post: 01 (One) each Essential Qualification and Experience • Postgraduate degree in social work/sociology/child development /human...

Delhi High Court Upholds JNU's Rule Allowing Cross Constituency Voting In Internal Complaints Committee Polls

The Delhi High Court has upheld Jawaharlal Nehru University's decision permitting students to vote across all constituencies- undergraduate, postgraduate and research scholar, in elections for student representatives to the Internal Committee (IC) dealing with sexual-harassment matters. Justice Mini Pushkarna said that election disputes require clear, cogent and credible evidence of illegality...

Bihar Assembly Polls | Patna High Court Rejects Writ Pleas Of RJD & RLJP Candidates Challenging Rejection Of Their Nominations

The Patna High Court has refused to entertain two writ petitions filed challenging the rejection of nomination of two candidates belonging to Rashtriya Janata Dal and Lok Janshakti Party respectively in the upcoming Bihar Legislative Assembly Polls, scheduled on November 06 and 11.rJustice A Abhishek Reddy cited the specific bar under Article 329(b) of the Constitution of India and...

Section 498A IPC Applicable Even If Marriage Is Declared Invalid Subsequently: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court yesterday ruled that Section 498A of Indian Penal Code, 1860, which criminalises cruelty by a husband or his relatives toward a married woman, will be applicable even if marriage between the parties is subsequently declared invalid. “Considering the purposive interpretation of the definition of the Husband to cover persons who enter into marital relationships, even if...

Karnataka High Court Reserves Verdict On State's Appeal Challenging Stay Of GO Restricting Gatherings In Public Places

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (November 4) reserved its verdict on State government's appeal challenging single judge's interim order staying the Home Department's GO prohibiting gathering of ten or more persons for peaceful civic, social, or cultural activities in public places. On October 28 the single judge while staying the GO had remarked that it prima facie infringed...

State Can't Claim Financial Incapacity To Withhold Gratuity, Not Giving Benefits To Retired Employees Violates Article 21: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that financial incapacity cannot be used as a defence by the State institutions for non-fulfilment of statutory obligation to provide terminal benefits to its employees, and shirking of the responsibility to release the same amounts to violation of Article 21 of the Constitution.The Court was dealing with a case where terminal benefits were denied to...