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Gujarat HC’s take on the word “reportable”

The Gujarat High Court recently defined the exact meaning of the word “reportable” in…

Supreme Court on CCTV Footage as the best evidence

Beyond Uber

A decade before Uber came about, Debora Spar wrote a book called, Ruling the Waves illustrating how rules evolve with disruptive technologies. Spar described how a technological innovation is first discovered and then rapidly commercialised. During this phase of commercialisation, windfall profits are made…

the cost of decency

This post analyses the likely effect of one of the key amendments to the Indecent Representation of Women Act, 1986 (IRW Act) which extends the law to online mediums. It argues that such an extension presents a real danger of prosecution of individuals and womens groups who rely increasingly…

Copyright Rules, 2013 and Internet Intermediaries

This is a long post as it extracts the legal provisions, if you are just interested in the analysis, please skip to the end.

Copyright Rules, 2013 and Internet Intermediaries

IIPM Blocking Suit and Blocking Order

At this time I am posting the copy of the pleadings in Ruchir Sharma v. Google India 169/2012 alongwith the Order dated 28.01.2013. The case has been filed before the 2nd Additional Judge, Darba. It appears the block orders for several URL’s critical of IIPM and…

Going by precedent

As reported by Medianama, on 14th February, 2013 the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) passed directions to internet service licensees to block certain internet websites. Since such orders are not publicly disclosed by the DOT a leaked copy of the direction containing a total list of 78…

recommendations of the justice verma committee and the right to privacy

This is a guest post by Aishani Gupta and Sarvjeet Singh who are final year students at National Law University, Delhi. Their areas of interest include information technology and media laws and their effect…