'OpenAI's Act Of Storing ANI's Works Does Not Amount To Copyright Infringement': Delhi High Court While Refusing Interim Injunction

The Delhi High Court on Friday (July 24) observed that Artificial Intelligence company OpenAI's act of storing media platform Asian News International's original works does not amount to copyright infringement under the provisions of the Copyright Act, 1957. The court said so while dismissing the interim injunction application filed by ANI in its copyright infringement suit against OpenAI...

Centre Defends Before Delhi High Court Police Surveillance Of Jantar Mantar Protests, Calls Claim Of Privacy In Public Space 'Ironical'

The Central Government on Tuesday defended the videography of protesters at Delhi's Jantar Mantar before the Delhi High Court, contending that "every protest is videographed" as a routine law-and-order measure and that a "claim of privacy in a public place is ironical." The submission was made before a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia in response to...

State Need Not Gamble Public Money On Bidder Whose Credentials Fall 'Under A Cloud': J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that where credible material surfaces before conclusion of a public contract casting doubt on the integrity and eligibility of the successful bidder, the State is constitutionally entitled and indeed duty bound to revisit its decision rather than proceed merely because the bidder has emerged as L-1.The Court ruled that the doctrine...

Jantar Mantar Student Protests | Delhi High Court Rejects PIL Seeking NIA Probe, Says ''It's For Centre To Decide'

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions for an investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the July 20 “Sansad Chalo” protest over the NEET paper leak.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that in terms of Section 6 of the National Investigation Agency...

'We Will Entertain' : Supreme Court To Hear On Monday Pleas Against Police Force On Student Protesters Across Country

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on Monday two petitions alleging excessive use of police force against students participating in protests across the country over the issue of exam paper leaks.The matter was mentioned before a Bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant by Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan this afternoon.Mentioning the urgency, Sankaranarayanan informed...

Rethinking Section 350 BNSS: Ensuring Payment Of Reasonable Expenses To Complainants And Witnesses

While the discourse on the Witness Protection Scheme has evolved following the enactment of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, there is hardly any discussion on an equally important aspect, the payment of reasonable expenses to complainants and witnesses, despite courts repeatedly emphasising its significance. The financial burden of attending court continues to fall disproportionately on those least able to bear it. Section 350 of the BNSS seeks to address this concern, yet its...

Delhi High Court Rejects ANI's Interim Plea Against ChatGPT, Says It Would Harm Public Interest

The Delhi High Court on Friday (July 24) dismissed the interim injunction application filed by Asian News International (ANI) in its copyright infringement suit against OpenAI Inc, which founded ChatGPT.Justice Amit Bansal while pronouncing the judgment said that he had ruled in favour of ANI on the issue of territorial jurisdiction. The court further said:"I am of the prima facie view that...

Can Election Commission Do Whatever It Likes? Delhi High Court Seeks Stand On PIL Against Mass Deployment Of Govt Teachers For SIR Duty

The Delhi High Court on Friday sought stand of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a public interest litigation challenging the large-scale deployment of government school teachers as Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and enumeration staff for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the national capital.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice...

NEET-UG | 'Can't Go On Like This, No More Ad-Hocism': Supreme Court Says It Will Closely Monitor NTA Reforms

The Court said that there was a need to institutionalise the reforms, instead of resorting to ad-hoc measures.

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan To Deliver 4th Justice G.P. Singh Memorial Lecture At NLIU Bhopal

The National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal will organise the 4th Justice G.P. Singh Memorial Lecture on July 25, 2026, with Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, Judge of the Supreme Court of India, delivering the keynote address. The lecture will be held at the NLIU Convention Centre from 11:30 AM. The annual memorial lecture has been instituted in honour of eminent jurist Justice G.P. Singh, whose contributions to Indian jurisprudence, particularly in the field of statutory interpretation, continue...

'Situation Very Pathetic': Kerala High Court Flags Pattern Of Police Not Communicating Grounds Of Arrest, Enabling Accused To Secure Release

The Kerala High Court on Friday (July 24) expressed concern over recurring cases of investigating officers failing to communicate the grounds of arrest in the manner mandated by law, ultimately enabling accused persons to secure release.Justice A. Badharudeen made the observations while hearing the case relating to the alleged suicide of dental student Nithin Raj.The Court previously...

Income Tax Act | Notice To Deceased Assessee Under S.148 Void, Not Curable: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a notice issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 in the name of an assessee who was already dead on the date of its issuance is void ab initio, rendering every proceeding taken pursuant to it null and void. It held that the defect goes to jurisdiction and is not a mistake, defect or omission curable under Section 292B of the Act.Section 148...