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On This Day in History, July 5: Amazon founded, Seinfeld premieres, Bikini debuts, Venezuela declares independence, Cape Verde gains freedomOn This Day in History, July 5 highlights pivotal moments that shaped politics, science, culture and global history. From Isaac Newton publ...
Delhi HC directs GAC to decide plea seeking removal of Dhruv Rathee's video within 15 daysThe Delhi High Court has ordered the Centre's Grievance Appellate Committee to decide within 15 days an appeal seeking the removal of a con...
How India sparred with Telegram days ahead of blocking the appIndia's ban on Telegram stemmed from a dispute over alleged NEET exam paper leaks, with the government accusing the messaging platform of f...
Don't allow hiding under forgetting: Why Delhi HC's 'right to be forgotten' ruling raises serious concernsA recent Delhi High Court ruling grants acquitted individuals a 'right to be forgotten'. Their names will be removed from online search res...
Delhi HC upholds TRAI’s 12-minute ad cap, dismisses TV broadcasters’ petitionsIn a landmark ruling, the Delhi High Court reaffirmed the regulations restricting TV advertisements to a maximum of 12 minutes per hour. Br...
Delhi HC upholds TRAI’s 12-minute ad cap for TV channelsThe Delhi High Court has upheld the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's rule limiting television advertisements to 12 minutes per hour....
Delhi HC seeks response from Centre, X over Cockroach Janta Party's handle being withheldThe Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Union government and X regarding the blocking of the Cockroach Janta Party's account. The sa...
Excise case: Justice Swarana K Sharma initiates contempt proceedings against Kejriwal, Sisodia over 'vilifying' postsDelhi High Court judge Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma has started criminal contempt proceedings against Aam Aadmi Party leaders. This action ...
Dish TV moves Kerala HC against DD free dish's special statusDish TV has petitioned the Kerala High Court, urging the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to regulate Prasar Bharati's DD Free Dish...
Dish TV moves Kerala HC against DD Free Dish’s regulatory exemptionDish TV has petitioned the Kerala High Court, demanding that DD Free Dish, Prasar Bharati's free DTH service, be brought under the same enc...
'Still have freedom of speech': HC says no to plea against wife's cancer cure claim of Navjot SidhuThe Delhi High Court dismissed a plea against Navjot Singh Sidhu's claims about cancer remedies, emphasizing freedom of speech. Sidhu attri...
Elon Musk's $1 million election giveaway tests limits of election lawElon Musk's $1 million daily giveaway for voters who sign his free-speech and gun-rights petition is raising legal concerns. Experts are di...
Legitimate right of Rahul Gandhi for speedy decision on defamation complaint: HCThe Bombay High Court has affirmed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's legitimate right to an expeditious decision regarding a 2014 defamation c...
Govt fact check unit not to be constituted till September 4The undertaking given by the Centre to the Bombay High Court to not constitute the Fact Check Unit has been extended to September 4.
Delhi HC dismisses with Rs 25K costs plea seeking to make Twitter's Elon Musk partyAt the outset, the court said "even we need entertainment" and asked the counsel for the petitioner if he was serious in prosecuting the ap...
New IT Rules 'draconian', will have chilling effect on free speech: Petitioners tell HCThe petitioners said the new rules propose to impose several regulations on content published by citizens, journalists, digital news portal...
Madras HC issues notice to Centre on TM Krishna’s petition against IT rules“The Impugned Rules offend my right as an artist and cultural commentator by both imposing a chilling effect on free speech and by impingin...
Curbing free speech on social media wrong: Attorney General K K VenugopalIndia’s top law officer K K Venugopal on Sunday batted for free speech on social media and said any move to curb it would be very wrong for...
Airing private WhatsApp messages of accused is dangerous: Government in Supreme Court"A bail petition is filed in a court of law and TV channels go to town with private WhatsApp conversation messages of the accused. This is ...
Which law did Minister of State Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti break?Niranjan Jyoti's attempt to divide society into "Ramzadas" and "Haramzadas" was meant to promote enmity between communities.