Sabu Mathew George v. Union of India (February 2017)

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Directions for blocking advertisements related to sex determination on search engines and websites

Sabu Mathew George v. Union of India In the Supreme Court of India W.P.(C) 341/2008 Before Justice Dipak Misra and Justice R. Bhanumati Decided on February 16, 2017 Relevancy of the case: Directions for blocking advertisements related to sex determination … Read More

XXX v. State and Anr.

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Whether a Sessions Court can direct a police station to register an FIR for cognizable offences?

XXX v. State and Anr. In the High Court of Delhi Crl. M.C. 6127/2019 Before Justice Suresh Kumar Kait Decided on November 29, 2019 Relevancy of the case: Whether a Sessions Court can direct a police station to register an … Read More

Myspace Inc. v. Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.

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Intermediary liability in copyright violation incidents

Myspace Inc. v. Super Cassettes Industries Ltd. (2017) 236 DLT 478 (DB) In the High Court of Delhi FAO (OS) 540/2011 and C.M. Appl. 20174/2011, 13919 & 17996/2015 Before Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice Deepa Sharma Decided on January … Read More

Kaliswari v. Secretary to Government

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Habeas corpus petition in a case involving obscene comments and sexualised words against children

Kaliswari v. Secretary to Government In the High Court of Madras H.C.P. 1973/2015 Before Justice S. Nagamuthu and Justice M. Sathyanarayanan Decided on March 21, 2016 Relevancy of the case: Habeas corpus petition in a case involving obscene comments and … Read More

I. Linga Bhaskar v. State

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Whether sending an emoji (smiling face with tears) in a WhatsApp group can be considered obscene?

I. Linga Bhaskar v. State In the High Court of Madras Crl. O.P. (M.D.) 3110/2017 Before Justice S.S. Sundar Decided on June 05, 2018 Relevancy of the case: Whether sending an emoji (smiling face with tears) in a WhatsApp group … Read More

Christeen Ribillo v. Sub Inspector of Police

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Bail application for sending offensive and obscene messages on WhatsApp

Christeen Ribillo v. Sub Inspector of Police In the High Court of Kerala B.A. 7203/2018 Before Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. Decided on December 13, 2018 Relevancy of the case: Bail application for sending offensive and obscene messages on WhatsApp Statutes … Read More