Lumenis India Pvt Ltd v. State of Maharashtra & Anr In the Bombay High Court Criminal Application No. 1354 of 2015 Before Justice Ranjit More and Justice V.L. Achliya Decided on January 08, 2016 Relevancy of the case: Whether amicable settlement … Read More
It is a rare sight to see an Indian court convicting an accused under the provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Earlier this year in March 2018, a Judicial Magistrate First Class Court in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal … Read More
The best way to define obscenity is actually to not define it. Not because it would be lewd, overreaching or offensive in diktat but because no one has actually done it. Obscenity changes with time, values, society, popular culture etc. … Read More
Out of hundreds of questions that are asked to us via our Facebook Page, E-Mails, Helpline and Website on a daily basis, the question whether hosting a porn website is legal in India has been one of the most asked questions … Read More
The Advocate-General of India, Mr. Mukul Rohatgi has recently stated in his submissions to the honorable Supreme Court that the Government is working on a Data Protection & Privacy Law. The AG also said that TRAI has already started drafting … Read More
I’ve been struck with question about obscene content so many times that I feel writing about it is the best solution. I want to analyze this question on two different levels: Moral and Legal. We’ve come across cases where girls … Read More
On December 12th 2016, In Sharat Babu Digumarti vs. Govt. of NCT [Judgment from LiveLaw], the Supreme Court heard claims of both the parties regarding a wide variety of issues. The main portion relevant for this post is with reference … Read More
In 2015, A two judge bench of the Hon’ble apex court headed by Ex-Chief Justice T.S. Thakur had agreed to hear a PIL seeking ban on jokes against the Sardar community. In the list of contentions drawn out by Shiromani … Read More
Everybody has their own way of defining “Privacy.” In simple words, “Privacy” is the right of an individual to make a personal decision regarding his personal matters secluded from public scrutiny. Often people confuse between the terms “privacy” and “security”. … Read More