K.N. Govindacharya v. Union of India

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Directions for intermediaries to publish the details of their Grievance Officers as required by Rule 3(11) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011

K.N. Govindacharya v. Union of India In the High Court of Delhi WP(C) 3672/2012 and CM 7709, 12197/2012, 6888/2012 Before Additional Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru Decided on August 23, 2013 Relevancy of the case: Directions for … Read More

Asif v. State of Uttar Pradesh

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Quashing of proceedings in a case involving a Facebook post inciting communal hatred

Asif v. State of Uttar Pradesh In the Allahabad High Court Application u/s 482 10602/2023 Before Justice J.J. Munir Decided on April 06, 2023 Relevancy of the Case: Quashing of proceedings in a case involving a Facebook post inciting communal … Read More

Jayarshi Bhattacharya v. State of West Bengal

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Petition to quash a complaint in a case involving the publication of an obscene picture of gods

Jayarshi Bhattacharya v. State of West Bengal In the High Court of Calcutta WPA 9658/2020 Before Justice Shampa Sarkar Decided on August 03, 2022 Relevancy of the Case: Petition to quash a complaint in a case involving the publication of … Read More

Chevula Narsimlu v. State of Telangana

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Bail application in a case involving morphing a minor victim's face on nude pictures

Chevula Narsimlu v. State of Telangana In the High Court of Telangana Crl. P. 8728/2022 Before Justice Chillakur Sumalatha Decided on October 06, 2022 Relevancy of the Case: Bail application in a case involving morphing a minor victim’s face on … Read More

Vidya Devi v. State of Himachal Pradesh

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Quashing of FIR after the settlement between parties in a case involving the sending of obscene messages about the complainant to a third party on Facebook

Vidya Devi v. State of Himachal Pradesh and Anr. In the High Court of Himachal Pradesh Crl.M.P. u/s 482 CrPC 949/2022 Before Justice Sandeep Sharma Decided on October 19, 2022 Relevancy of the case: Quashing of FIR after the settlement … Read More

A.B. v. Bragg Communications Inc.

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Request to proceed anonymously and seek a publication ban on a Facebook profile

A.B., by her Litigation Guardian, C.D. v. Bragg Communications Inc. 2012 SCC 46 : [2012] 2 R.C.S. 567 In the Supreme Court of Canada File Number 34240 Before Chief Justice McLachlin, Justice LeBel, Justice Deschamps, Justice Fish,  Justice Abella, Justice … Read More

Kalidasan v. State of Kerala

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Bail application in a case involving the solicitation and transmission of a minor's nude photographs on social media

Kalidasan v. State of Kerala In the High Court of Kerala B.A. 7495/2015 Before Justice A. Hariprasad Decided on December 2, 2015 Relevancy of the case: Bail application in a case involving the solicitation and transmission of a minor’s nude photographs … Read More