Kantara Plagiarism row: Kerala HC stays FIR against Prithviraj Sukumaran
The Kerala High Court has stayed the FIR registered against Malayalam actor and producer Prithviraj Sukumaran in connection with the alleged copyright infringement of the song ‘Varaharoopam’ from the Kannada movie ‘Kantara’. Prithviraj was also the distributor of the...
Father of Sushant Singh Rajput moves Delhi High Court against movies depicting late actor's personal life
Krishna Kishor Singh, father of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, filed a plea of injunction against the makers of all the movies, shows and other ventures being made on his son’s life. The movies...
Bombay High Court refuses to stay release of film ‘Mumbai Saga’
The Bombay High Court on 18th March, 2021 refused to stay release of the film ‘Mumbai Saga’ which is allegedly based on lives of gangsters, Ravi Mallesh Bohra, known in Mumbai’s underworld as DK Rao, late Amar Naik and...
DELHI HC REJECTS PIL AGAINST KAMAL HASSAN SEEKING STEPS TO RESTRICT MISUSE OF RELIGION BY POLITICAL LEADERS
The Delhi HC on Tuesday (14th May 2019) declined to entertain the PIL which referred Kamal Hassan’s remark about Nathuram Godse being a Hindu terrorist and had sought directions to EC to restrict...
Louis Vuitton v. Lee Vanz – Sellers to pay Rs 1 lakhs to the French Company
In the trademark infringement suit filed by the French company, Louis Vuitton against two sellers, Bilal Khan and Javed Khan for using the iconic “LV” mark, the sellers have undertaken to pay litigation...
Ministry Issues Advisory Against Advertisements Of Betting Still Visible On Television And Digital Media
I&B Ministry has issued two Advisories, one for private television channels and the other for digital news publishers and OTT platforms strongly advising them to refrain from showing advertisements of online betting sites and surrogate advertisements...
IT Rules 2021: Supreme Court Lists Centre's Transfer Petitions, Connected Cases After 6 Weeks
The Supreme Court has listed after 6 weeks a group of petitions related to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021).
The cases include the petitions filed by the...
1.MADRAS HC QUASHES CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST ACTOR AND POLITICIAN KAMAL HAASAN FOR COMMENTS ON ‘MAHABHARATHA’
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court last month quashed a criminal case filed against Kamal Haasan for his comments in an interview in March 2017, where he had attributed the growing violence against...
MADRAS HIGH COURT DISMISSES PIL SEEKING WARNING AGAINST VIOLENCE SHOWN IN MOVIES
The Madras High Court on November 8, dismissed a public interest litigation petition filed by an advocate S. Dinesh Jacob Durairaj, which sought a direction to film-makers to carry a warning, akin to one carried against smoking and...
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...
