WHATSAPP MOVES DELHI HIGH COURT CHALLENGING THE TRACEABILITY MANDATE UNDER IT RULES, 2021
Whatsapp LLC has filed a petition against Union of India challenging the traceability requirement under Rule 4(2) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. In its petition Whatsapp submits that...
‘CHHAPAAK’ CREDITS ROW: FOX STAR STUDIOS AGREES TO ACKNOWLEDGE LAWYER APARNA BHAT’S CONTRIBUTION IN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF THE FILM
Lawyer Aparna Bhat had filed a contempt petition in the Delhi High Court against the makers of the movie ‘Chhapaak’ for not acknowledging her contribution in the copies screened internationally. The...
BOMBAY HIGH COURT PAVES WAY FOR RELEASE OF MISSION MANGAL
As per reports, the Bombay High Court on August 9 refused to stay the release of the Akshay Kumar starrer ‘Mission Mangal in a copyright infringement and breach of confidentiality suit filed by US based filmmaker Radha Bharadwaj. The plaintiff...
SHIV SENA MEMBER FILES A POLICE COMPLAINT AGAINST NETFLIX ACCUSING IT FOR ‘DEFAMING’ HINDUS AND INDIA GLOBALLY.
Shiv Sena member Mr. Ramesh Solanki has filed a police complaint in LT Marg Police Station against Netflix alleging that the online video streaming service is defaming Hindus and India through its shows.
He...
CENTRE TO NOTIFY INTERMEDIARY GUIDELINES BY JANUARY 15, 2020
In the matter of Facebook Inc vs Union of India, the centre has sought three months’ time from the Supreme Court for finalising and notifying the new and revised intermediary rules. Read order here.
In an affidavit the government submitted that the...
UJDA CHAMAN VS BALA- RELIANCE JIO INTERVENES TO SETTLE THE MATTER WITH PRODUCERS OF UJDA CHAMAN
In the copyright infringement suit filed by Panorama Studios against Maddock Films, Reliance Industries Limited claiming to have acquired the exploitation rights of Bala from Maddock Films Pvt Ltd filed an impleadment application and...
BRAHMAN SAMAJ OF INDIA MOVES SUPREME COURT SEEKING STAY ON RELEASE OF THE FILM ‘ARTICLE 15’
Brahman Samaj of India, filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the certification granted to the film 'Article 15' and claiming that the title of the film is a misuse of the freedom of...
I&B MINISTRY ASKS TV CHANNELS TO DISPLAY CREDITS OF SERIALS IN HINDI, REGIONAL LANGUAGES TOO
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) issued an advisory to all private television channels to display the casting/credits/titles of Hindi and regional languages serials in the respective languages as well. The ministry said the...
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...
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT SUIT FILED IN BOMBAY HIGH COURT AGAINST AYUSHMANN KHURRANA’S UPCOMING FILM “BALA”
A copyright infringement suit has been filed in Bombay High Court against Ayushmann Khurrana’s upcoming film “Bala” by Praveen Morchhale against the author Niren Bhatt and maker of the film Maddock Films. He states that...
