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farmers protests X(twitter) accounts block

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

‘Within precincts of RTI Act’; CIC upholds denial of information on blocking of X accounts covering farmer’s protests

The appellant sought information concerning blocking of social media accounts covering farmer’s protests and those critical of the government.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi HC grants permanent injunction to Living Media India Ltd. for its mark “Aaj Tak”; restrains YouTube channels, social media pages/accounts/handles from using similar mark

“The plaintiffs have a family of marks all of which use the “TAK” suffix; therefore, the “TAK” suffix has become a source identifier of the marks of the plaintiffs and is, thus, the dominant part of the mark.”

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

Meity issues Draft Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021

On 6-7-2022, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology published draft amendment rules to amend the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media

Case Briefs High Courts

[Breaking] Del HC| Use of certain social networking sites by defence personnel enables enemy countries to gain an edge: Govt | Plea challenging Indian Army’s Social Media Ban Policy, dismissed

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Asha Menon, JJ., dismissed the petition filed by a Lieutenant Colonel,