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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…

SC’s directions for wide publicity of the EEMC

Case summary

GNI Publishes it Annual Report for 2014

The Global Network Initiative (GNI) published its Annual Report for 2014 including within it more recent developments including the decision by the Supreme Court of India in Shreya Singhal v. Union of India. The report devotes a considerable portion towards a…

Events : NUJS-CUSAT Conference | Kolkata | November 27 and 28, 2012

The MHRD IP Chairs at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) and the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) are jointly hosting a two-day Conference on ‘The Copyright Amendments, 2012: A…

Group of Experts on Privacy Submit Report

As per a Press Information Bureau release yesterday, i.e. 18.10.2012, the Group of Experts under the chairmanship of Justice A P Shah, former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court has submitted its report on the Privacy Bill. As per the release the key…

Article on John Doe Orders on Bar and Bench

Bar and Bench has published an article written by me on the recent blocks by ISP’s on filesharing and video sharing websites in India due to a John Doe Order. The main problem which I have tried to highlight is that John Doe Orders are extraordinary…

Article on the Copyright Amendment and Intermediary Liability

I recently authored an article on the The Firm Blog on the effect the passage of the Copyright Amendment Act has on ISP and Intermediary liability in respect of sections s.52(1)(b) and 52(1)©. Extracting some of it below…

Weekend Reads for the month of May, 2012

In these posts (tagged as “weekend reads”) I will summarize the legal developments on law and technology in India which I pick up along the way. I will try to do this one once a month, when I get time. So this means like this time, I can even drop it in the…