Twitter appoints personnel in compliance of with new IT Rules
Twitter has appointed Chief Compliance Officer, Nodal Contact Person and Resident Grievance Officer in compliance of IT Rules, 2021. Twitter has appointed these individuals as employees and not ‘contingent workers’ and has also provided names of the said appointed personnel...
HIGH COURT SERVES NOTICES TO RAM GOPAL VARMA FOR DISHA MOVIE
On hearing the arguments on the petition filed by the family members of accused in Disha case, the Telangana High Court has issued notices to Tollywood director Ram Gopal Varma (RGV) filmmaker, Central Board of Film Certification, Ministry of...
DELHI HC PULLS UP PRASAR BHARTI FOR INFRINGING DISH TV TRADEMARK
The Delhi High Court, on July 16, restrained Prasar Bharati from using the trademark 'Dish' of Dish TV for its Direct To Home (DTH) service.
The plaintiff had instituted this suit for permanent injunction restraining the defendant from infringing the...
Supreme Court Refuses To Stop Streaming Of Reality Show ‘Lock Upp’ Over Copyright Infringement Dispute
The relief was sought against an ad-interim Special Leave Petition against the judgment dated 26th February, 2022, passed by the Telangana High Court setting aside the ad-interim injunction granted by the Trial Court against...
Ministry of Information and Technology to soon prepare guidelines on e-gaming
The Ministry of Information and Technology (MeitY) will soon be preparing a framework for permitting and certifying online games which involve money. The central government will now regulate the online gaming sector instead of the industry led self-regulatory-organization.
The government...
BIGG BOSS 13: I&B MINISTRY LOOKS INTO THE COMPLAINTS FILED FOR BANNING THE SHOW
In light of protests made by Karni Sena, CAIT and BJP MLA Nand Kishore Gujjar demanding ban of the show ‘Bigg Boss’, I& B Minister Prakash Javadekar has sought a report from the ministry officials regarding...
Govt issues new guidelines to curb misleading ads; bans surrogate ads
The government announced new guidelines to curb misleading advertisements and endorsers by banning surrogate ads, while imposing strict norms for those advertisements that seek to lure consumers offering discounts and free claims.
The new guidelines on "Prevention of Misleading Advertisements...
'Defamatory & Reckless' : Bombay High Court Asks Malayali YouTuber To Take Down Video Against Malabar Gold
The Bombay High Court recently restrained a Malayali YouTuber Shajan Skariah from making any "defamatory" posts against Malabar Gold Limited and further issued a directive to him to pull down an 'objectionable' video...
INDIAN AIR FORCE ASKS NETFLIX TO CUT SCENES FROM ANIL KAPOOR’S ‘AK VS AK’ FOR WRONG UNIFORM.
On release of teaser of a soon-to-be launched Netflix film titled “AK vs AK” starring Anil Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap & othrs, the Indian Air Force has demanded “withdrawal” of some scenes from Film....
Supreme Court restrains High Courts from proceeding in pleas challenging the IT Rules, 2021
The bench comprising of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Abhay S Oka has stayed the proceedings in the High Courts in the petitions challenging the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021...
