Dr. Shiva Jatan Thakur v. Union of India

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Dr. Shiva Jatan Thakur v. Union of India

Dr. Shiva Jatan Thakur v. Union of India 2011 108 AIC 748 In the Gauhati High Court Cr. P. 257/2011 Before Justice I.A. Ansari Decided on June 16, 2011 Relevancy of the case: Quashing of FIR in a case involving … Read More

Karnail Singh v. State of Haryana

Gitanjali SadanCase Summary

Karnail Singh v. State of Haryana

Karnail Singh v. State of Haryana In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana Crl. Misc. No. M-25770/2013 Before Justice Ritu Bahri Decided on November 6, 2013 Relevancy of the case: Bail in a case registered under Sections 66E, 67, … Read More

Amandeep Kaur v. State of Haryana

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Amandeep Kaur v. State of Haryana

Amandeep Kaur v. State of Haryana In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana Crl. Misc. M-34500/2013 Before Justice Ritu Bahri Decided on November 6, 2013 Relevancy of the case: Anticipatory bail application for offences involving Sections 66E, 67, and … Read More

Aarti Tiwari v. State of Chattisgarh and Anr.

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Aartri Tiwari v. State of Chhattisgarh and Anr

Aarti Tiwari v. State of Chattisgarh and Anr. In the High Court of Chhattisgarh Cr. M.P 672/2014 Before Justice P. Sam Koshy Decided on August 19, 2014 Relevancy of the case: Quashing of FIR in a case involving clicking of … Read More

Salim v. State of Kerala

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Salim v. State of Kerala

Salim v. State of Kerala In the High Court of Kerala Bail Appl No. 8808 of 2018 Before Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. Decided on January 30, 2019 Relevancy of the case: Bail in a rape case involving the recording of … Read More

Removal of Nude Photos from Google Search Results

Srushti IyerLaw

Removal of Nude Photos from Google Search Results

In the last couple of months, we have helped over 100 victims in filing their content takedown requests on multiple websites and platforms. So often, the content gets indexed in Google Search Results. This content is sexually explicit and usually … Read More

Obscenity & the Indian Law

Sahana ChaudhuriLaw

Obscenity & the Indian Law

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

Sent an obscene photo on a WhatsApp group?

Nitish ChandanLaw

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

Is it legal to share nude pictures over WhatsApp?

Nitish ChandanLaw

One of the major reasons the title says so is that a lot of readers want an answer to this question. Surveys, studies and researches have all suggested the same thing over and over again. It is that more than … Read More