Jeevan v. State of Maharashtra

Riya SinghCase Summary

Petition to quash FIR in a case involving allegations of circulating an obscene video clip

Jeevan v. State of Maharashtra (2014) 4 Bom CR (Cri) 682 In the High Court of Bombay Crl. W.P. 731/2013 Before Justice Abhay M. Thipsay Decided on September 30, 2013 Relevancy of the case: Petition to quash FIR in a … Read More

Ryan John Michael Thorpe v. State of Maharashtra

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Quashing of Magistrate's order to arrest the petitioners in a case involving circulation of pornographic content through a mobile app

Ryan John Michael Thorpe v. State of Maharashtra In the High Court of Bombay WP (Crl.) 2611-2612/2021 Before Justice A.S. Gadkari Decided on August 07, 2021 Relevancy of the case: Quashing of Magistrate’s order to arrest the petitioners in a … Read More

Jameel Ahmd v. State of Chhattisgarh

Saatvika Reddy SathiCase Summary

Validity of conviction under the Indian Penal Code, 1860, for owning cassettes containing obscene films

Jameel Ahmd v. State of Chhattisgarh In the High Court of Chhattisgarh CRA 1165/2002 Before Justice D.K. Tiwari Decided on August 12, 2022 Relevancy of the Case: Validity of conviction under the Indian Penal Code, 1860, for owning cassettes containing … Read More

Maqbool Fida Husain v. Rajkumar Pandey

Raj PagariyaCase Summary

Whether a nude painting depicting the nation as a distressed woman is obscene?

Maqbool Fida Husain v. Rajkumar Pandey 2008 Cri LJ 4107 : (2008) 2 CCR 392 In the High Court of Delhi Cri. R.P. 114, 280, 282/2007 Before Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul Decided on May 08, 2008 Relevancy of the case: Whether … Read More

Avnish Bajaj v. State (NCT) of Delhi

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Bail application in a case involving the publication of a listing for sale of an obscene video

Avnish Bajaj v. State (NCT) of Delhi 116 (2005) DLT 427 In the High Court of Delhi B.A. 2284/2004 Before Justice Vikramajit Sen Decided on December 21, 2004 Relevancy of the case: Bail application in a case involving the publication … Read More

IT Act is a special provision, so special effect

Nitish ChandanLaw

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