1. Tribunal Reforms Ordinance, 2021 takes effect: Appellate authorities in 9 laws replaced with High Courts
The Central Government notified the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation And Conditions Of Service) Ordinance, 2021, by which appellate authorities under nine Acts have been done away with and the right to hear appeals under the...
DELHI HIGH COURT PAVES WAY FOR RELEASE OF THE FILM “KAUM DE HEERE”.
The film “Kaum De Heere” is a Punjabi language feature film based on events that followed the storming of the golden temple and the assassination of the Indira Gandhi in 1984. The Film features actors playing the...
DELHI HIGH COURT DIRECTS CBFC TO CONSIDER THE PETITION AGAINST AJAY DEVGN’S TANHAJI: THE UNSUNG WARRIOR FOR DISTORTING FACTS
In a petition filed by the Akhil Bhartiya Kshatriya Koli Rajput Sangh against the film Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior a film starring Actors Ajay Devgn and Kajol, the petitioners claimed that the director has...
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...
"SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY NOT TO PUBLISH HARMFUL OR OFFENSIVE CONTENT", BOMBAY HC DIRECTS VLOGGER TO REMOVE PARACHUTE OIL VIDEO
The Bombay HC passed an interim injunction order against a social media influencer, Abhijeet Bhansali, going by the user name, Bearded Chokra to remove a video containing his...
MADRAS HIGH COURT REFUSES TO STAY RELEASE OF ALLEGED BIOPIC ON JAYALALITHA ‘QUEEN’ AND ‘THALAIVI’
In the suit filed by Late AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa’s niece, Deepa Jayakumar, before the Madras High Court, seeking a stay on two in-production projects, allegedly based on the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s life –a...
(These highlights have been contributed by Ms. Pooja Gala & Mr Sudarshan Mohta)
CENTRE PROPOSES TO AMEND E-COMMERCE RULES TO CURB FLASH SALES, APPOINT GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL OFFICERS.
The Central Government has proposed amendments to the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020(“Rules”). The Rules are proposed for e-commerce marketplaces, including Amazon and Flipkart,...
FIR LODGED AGAINST 50 CELEBRITIES WHO WROTE LETTER TO PM MODI ON MOB LYNCHING
An FIR has been lodged in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district against 50 Bollywood celebrities who had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising concerns over the growing cases of mob lynching in the country....
PESHWA BAJIRAO'S DESCENDANT SENDS LEGAL NOTICE TO MAKERS OF THE FILM ‘PANIPAT’ OVER KRITI SANON'S DIALOGUE
As per reports, Descendant of Peshwa Bajirao has taken objection over Kriti Sanon’s dialogue in Ashutosh Gowarikar's upcoming directorial venture ‘Panipat’. In the film, Kriti plays Arjun Kapoor's wife, Parvatibai and in the trailer,...
NO STAY ON RELEASE OF NAWAZUDDIN SIDDIQUI-ATHIYA SHETTY'S STARRER MOTICHOOR CHAKHNACHOOR
Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Athiya Shetty starrer Motichoor Chaknachoor released on November 15 contrary to reports stating that there was a stay on the release of the film by a Bihar civil court.
According to reports, a local distributor had claimed...
