Government to reconsider Section 66 A of IT Act
While replying to the Supreme Court’s comment seeking clarity on Section 66 A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, Central Government informed the apex court that Government is willing to…
Legal Update
Karnataka High Court commutes death to life term in Church blast case
A division bench of Karnataka High Court headed by Justice N Kumar commuted the death penalty awarded by a special court in 2008 to 7 of the convicts to life…
Advocate sentenced to Jail for abusing Woman Colleague
A bench of Justices T S Thakur and Adarsh K Goel of the Apex Court send a strong signal against incidents of harassment of women particularly in court premises, while…
Restrictions on OnePlus sales up on Micromax Plea
Gurgaon-based consumer electronics manufacturer Micromax Informatics Ltd secured a temporary injunction from the Delhi high court against rival Chinese phone maker Shenzhen OnePlus Technology Co. Ltd from marketing, selling and…
Xiaomi can now sell its phones in India
A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice RK Gauba of Delhi High Court allowed Xiaomi Technology India Pvt. Ltd to import and sell its phones in India till…
Sanskrit to be introduced from this academic year
A bench of Justices A R Dave and Kurian Joseph of the Apex Court accepted the proposal of Central Government for introducing Sanskrit as the third language replacing German in…
Supreme Court lifted the ban on sale and use of Hookah in smoking zones
A bench headed by justice Ranjan Gogoi of the Apex Court held that smoking prohibition only extended to public places and not spaces earmarked for smoking. In a landmark judgment,…
Moods XXX condom and the Trademark dispute
If alleged offender was not aware of the existence of a registered trade mark and admits the mistake at the threshold, it could not be compelled to pay damages and…
Ordinary Postal Stamps as RTI fee instrument
In two different cases, the Information Commissioners Shri R K Jain and Shri Raghubir Singh have made a common recommendation to the Department of Personnel and Training for implementing postal…
Marriages are ruined by false cruelty cases, says Supreme Court
A bench of Chief Justice H L Dattu and A K Sikri of the Apex court while dismissing a woman’s petition who had appealed against a trial court’s decision said…