As per reports, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has put the clearances of new applications for television channels on hold, till the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) comes out with recommendations on issues relating to uplinking and downlinking of TV channels. As per reports, the I&B Ministry had...

As per reports, the Punjab Government has announced to set-up a cultural commission known as ‘Punjab Sabhyacharak Commission’ to check vulgarity in Punjabi songs. The announcement was made by Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu. The Patron in Chief of the Commission would be the Chief Minister Capt...

As per reports, in a four year old suit filed by AVM Film Studios seeking permanent injunction against K S Sabarinathan, proprietor, Amarjyothi Films, AVM Limited, V Sankaran and G Sathya from interfering or infringing the plaintiff's "entire world negative rights and copyright" of the Tamil film ‘Karpagam’, the...

As per reports, the Bombay High Court on March 28, 2018 has ruled that the game of poker is not a game of ‘skill’ but one of ‘chance’. The decision came in a quashing petition filed by Nasir Patel where the division bench of Justices RM Sawant and Sarang...

As per reports, writer-director Kalavoor Ravikumar has moved a court in Thrissur, Kerala against makers of the Malayalam film ‘Mohanlal’ which is scheduled to release on April 13, 2018. Kalavoor Ravikumar has moved the court seeking a stay on the release of the film. He has alleged that the makers...

As per reports, the Madras High Court on March 27, 2018 reserved its judgment on a civil suit filed by Malaysia-based music label Agi Music in 2013 accusing music composer Ilaiyaraaja of having breached the terms of a 2007 assignment agreement through which he had reportedly assigned his copyright...

As reported by Mumbai Mirror, Delhi-based writer Dinesh Gautam and actor Imran Zahid have alleged that the script of the upcoming Emraan Hashmi film ‘Cheat India’, based on scams within the Indian education system, is a rip-off of their film, ‘Marksheet’. The Writer-Actor duo have claimed that they had registered...

Patanjali Ayurved has obtained an ex-parte ad interim injunction order from Delhi High Court against Facebook, Google & Youtube to take down/ remove or block/ restrict access to the URLs/ Weblinks which contain or purport to contain a video in Tamil language disparaging of the Atta manufactured and sold...

As per reports, a city civil court at Ahmedabad has granted an ex-parte interim injunction against an advertisement featuring Anil Kapoor which states that all white edible salts available in market are made in chemical factories. The advertisement can be viewed in the link here. The suit has been filed...

The Supreme Court on March 20, 2018 clarified its earlier order dated Feb 9, 2018 in the case of Kudrat Sandhu v/s Union of India that accepted suggestions made by the Central Administrative Tribunal Board Association with regard to appointment of chairpersons and judicial/ administrative/ technical/ expert members...