Dipankar Rit v. State of West Bengal

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Can the High Court direct the State Election Commission to accept nomination papers online and mandatorily install CCTV cameras at all the polling stations?

Dipankar Rit v. State of West Bengal In the High Court of Calcutta WPA(P) 250, 286, 287/2023 Before Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice H. Bhattacharyya Decided on July 13, 2023 Relevancy of the Case: Can the High Court direct … Read More

Christopher Selvin S. v. State of Tamil Nadu

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Petition to quash the Final Report in a case involving publishing false articles about TASMAC selling liquor online

Christopher Selvin S. & Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu In the High Court of Madras Crl. O.P. 4235/2021 and Crl. M.P. 2689/2021 Before Justice Sunder Mohan Decided on March 30, 2023 Relevancy of the Case: Petition to quash the … Read More

Svante Kumlin v. Camilla Jonsson

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Jurisdiction of the court in cross-border online defamation claims

Svante Kumlin v. Camilla Jonsson [2022] EWHC 1095 (Admin) In the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division (Media and Communications List) QB-2020-004091 Before Justice Julian Knowles Decided on May 11, 2022 Relevancy of the Case: Jurisdiction of the court … Read More

Nirmaljit Singh Narula v. Yashwant Singh

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Nirmaljit Singh Narula v. Yashwant Singh

Nirmaljit Singh Narula v. Yashwant Singh (2012) 132 DRJ 370 In the High Court of Delhi IA 10017/2012 in CS(OS) 1518/2012 Before Justice Kailash Gambhir Decided on September 14, 2012 Relevancy of the case: Injunction against the defendants for publishing … Read More

Google India Pvt. Ltd. v. Visaka Industries Limited

Hariom TiwariCase Summary

Intermediary liability in publication and dissemination of defamatory content

Google India Pvt. Ltd. v. Visaka Industries Limited (2011) 1 ALD (Cri) 1002 In the High Court of Andhra Pradesh Crl. P. 7207/2009 Before Justice Samudrala Govindarajulu Decided on April 19, 2011 Relevancy of the case: Intermediary liability in publication … Read More