The Supreme Court has been informed that an inter-departmental committee constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is examining whether banks, telecom service providers and other intermediaries can be held liable for financial losses suffered by victims of so-called “digital arrest” scams, particularly where such losses arise from negligence, lapses or fraudulent conduct. The…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) whether the right to vote of a person could be taken away till the Central government determined the question of citizenship. The Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi made the constitutional query while hearing a batch of…
The Karnataka High Court has put a temporary halt on the investigation against spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in connection with an alleged land encroachment case, observing that there is no prima facie material linking him to the accusations at this stage. A single-judge Bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the interim order while…
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday indicated that the mere fact of governmental management or control did not, by itself, extinguish an entity’s entitlement to informational privacy under the Right to Information Act, 2005. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that even assuming the PM CARES Fund…
Meta Platforms Inc and WhatsApp have approached the Supreme Court challenging the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal’s (NCLAT) judgment that upheld a penalty of Rs 213.14 crore imposed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in connection with WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy. The petitioners challenged the NCLAT’s interpretation of alleged abuse of dominance under the…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated that it may soon fix liability on state authorities and dog feeders for injuries and deaths caused by stray dog attacks. The observations were made by the Bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice NV Anjaria, while hearing suo motu proceedings over the escalating public safety…
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, seeking a separate trial from co-accused AAP leader Sanjay Singh in a criminal defamation matter initiated by the Gujarat University concerning alleged remarks over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational qualifications. The…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a public interest litigation seeking the removal of portraits of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, a prominent Hindutva ideologue, from the Parliament and other public spaces. The Constitution Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi cautioned the petitioner, a retired…
The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a plea filed by Abu Salem, seeking premature release from prison on the ground that he has completed the maximum period of incarceration allowed under the terms of his extradition from Portugal. Salem, who is serving a life sentence in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case,…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered a split verdict on the constitutional validity of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, as inserted by the 2018 amendment, which mandates prior approval from the competent government authority before initiating any investigation against a public servant in relation to official acts or decisions. The judgement…