“No abetment by the Company running Shaadi.com”: Inside Allahabad HC order quashing extortion case against Shaadi.com CEO Anupam Mittal
“Anupam Mittal could not be alleged to have committed any offence in his personal capacity.”
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Delhi High Court allows appeal by Patanjali Ayurved against Meta Platforms Inc in a trademark suit; Directs Trial Court to decide matter afresh
The grievance of Patanjali Ayurved is that a video has been uploaded by respondent on the internet platforms owned by Meta Inc. having an advertisement of mens undergarments, wherein Patanjali’s trademark along with pictures of its brand ambassadors and directors are shown used unauthorizedly.
Google’s use of trade marks as keywords for display of advertisements, amounts to ‘use’ under Section 29(6) of Trade Marks Act, 1999: Delhi High Court
“There is nothing illegal in seeking out internet users as targets for advertisements that they may find relevant. In brick-and-mortar world, there will be no question of infringement if customers looking for a product are also offered products of rival competitors”.
Delhi High Court issues directions and recommendations to MEITY and Delhi Police to deal cases regarding Non-consensual intimate images dissemination
There is an abysmal absence of a collaborative effort that should ideally be undertaken by the intermediaries and the State.
Services provided by EY India to overseas EY entities are not “intermediary services”; Delhi High Court directs processing of ITC refund applications filed by EY India
The Delhi High Court held that Ernst and Young Ltd. is not an ‘intermediary’ under the IGST Act, as it does not arranges or facilitates services to overseas EY entities from the third parties but only renders services to them.
Intermediaries complying with the requirements of Section 79 of IT Act and Rules exempted from liability; Allahabad High Court quashes FIR against Flipkart
Allahabad High Court: In a writ petition filed by Flipkart, seeking quashing of the First Information Report (FIR) for offences under Sections
Intermediary entitled to claim protection u/s 79 IT Act for criminal liability unless ‘active role’ is disclosed; Delhi High Court quashes FIR against Flipkart
Delhi High Court: In a case where FIR was registered by Managing Director of Sanash Impex Pvt. Ltd. (‘respondent’) against Flipkart (‘petitioner’)
IT Rules, 2021 | ‘Oversight mechanism to control media by Govt. may rob media of its independence’: Madras HC’s prima facie observation
Madras High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ and P.D. Audikesavalu, J., prima facie observed that an oversight mechanism to
What about the Intermediary? Demystifying the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021
by Ankoosh K. Mehta†, Srinivas Chatti†† and Rupal Jaiswal†††
Cite as: 2021 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 58
Google India fails to gain protection under Section 79 of the IT Act, 2000; To face trial in a 2008 defamation case
Supreme Court: The bench of Ashok Bhushan and KM Joseph, JJ has asked Google India to face trial in a 2008 criminal