HIGH COURT SEPTEMBER 2023 WEEKLY ROUNDUP| Stories on Teacher-Recruitment scam; Omar Abdullah; Senthil Balaji; Live-in Relationships; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
Right to Vent| Madras High Court quashes charge memo against bank employee who mocked higher authorities on WhatsApp group
“When even prisoners have fundamental rights and it has been declared by the Supreme Court that Part III of the Constitution does not stop at the prison gates, it would be ridiculous to suggest that the moment a person becomes a bank employee, he has to bid good-bye to Article 19(1)(a).”
Punjab and Haryana High Court bats for service of summons through WhatsApp and other electronic media; issues detailed guidelines
Punjab and Haryana High Court observed that to avoid any undue disposal of the proceedings pending before the Revenue Courts wherein the intention of a party in possession of the land is to delay the proceedings, issuance of specific guidelines is necessary.
Know Thy Judge | Supreme Court of India: Justice Aniruddha Bose
Justice Aniruddha Bose who celebrates his 64th birthday today, had served the High Courts of Calcutta and Jharkhand as a Judge prior to being elevated to the Supreme Court in 2019.
Delhi High Court upholds CCI’s direction to investigate alleged anti-competitive WhatsApp Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, 2021; Prima facie case established to investigate; FB a proper party
Parallel inquiries by two different authorities in their respective spheres of adjudication are not uncommon and a slight overlap between the inquiries does not mean that one must lead to the ouster of the other.
Bombay HC| “Sudden reaction of a 19-year-old boy to the news of pregnancy, May fall short of the essential ingredients required to form the offence of abetment to suicide”
Bombay High Court: While deciding the instant bail application of a 20-year-old boy charged with abetment of suicide of a
Photograph of summons sent through WhatsApp as an addition to ordinary process would amount to Judicial Overreach? Del HC decides
Delhi High Court: Amit Bansal, J., expressed that Just because the photograph of the summons were sent by the plaintiff to the
Del HC| Whatsapp challenges Intermediary Rules, says traceability will break end-to-end encryption, breach privacy; Union of India says no Fundamental Right is absolute
Delhi High Court: A petition was submitted before the High Court of Delhi by Whatsapp LLC with a prayer to issue a
Ker HC | Service of summons through Whatsapp; Is it valid in law? HC clarifies
Kerala High Court: V.G. Arun, J., addressed an interesting question regarding the validity of summons served through Whatsapp. The Bench stated, No
SAT | “Forwarded as received”– Whatsapp messages needs to be proved by preponderance of probabilities for it to be deemed as unpublished price sensitive information| SEBI’s order set aside
Securities Appellate Authority (SAT): A Coram of Tarun Agarwala, J. (Presiding Officer), Dr C.K.G Nair (Member) and M.T. Joshi, J.( Judicial Member)
CCI | No ‘opt-out’ option for WhatsApp users in the 2021 Update. Why? Data Sharing with Facebook, Unilateral terms and more. Read CCI’s take on WhatsApp’s conduct in the garb of the policy update
Competition Commission of India (CCI): The coram comprising of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi (Members) while
CCI | No contravention of anti-trust laws or rise of any competition concern: Commission dismisses complaint against WhatsApp alleging unfair business
Competition Commission of India (CCI): The Coram of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi (Members) while addressing
MP HC | Digital Detoxification: Court imposes condition of staying away from Facebook and Whatsapp while granting bail
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Anand Pathak, J., while granting bail and directing to adhere bail conditions added a condition with regard to “digital
Bom HC | Prohibitory order holding admin of social media groups liable, for dissemination of false information, was in force till 8th June, 2020
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of A.A. Sayed and M.S. Karnik, JJ., addressed a Public Interest Litigation, with regard to quashing and
Press Council of India | Electronic media, TV news channels, social media i.e. Whatsapp/ twitter/Facebook do not come under the jurisdiction of PCI
The Press Council of India is a statutory, quasi-judicial authority set-up by an Act of the Parliament. It functions under the Press
Linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar: SC issues notice to social media websites on Facebook’s transfer plea
Supreme Court: While hearing Facebook Inc’s petition asking Supreme Court to hear all cases related to demands for linking Aadhaar to social
Bombay HC: Notice delivered on WhatsApp is valid
Bombay High Court: The Court accepted service of notice through WhatsApp messenger after finding that the notice served was not only delivered,
Whatsapp and Facebook to file affidavit assuring that consumer data is not being transferred to third party
Supreme Court: In the light of the data privacy concerns raised before the Court in the matter relating to Whatsapp data sharing
Whatsapp Issue: Centre tells SC that data of the users is integral to their right to life and personal liberty
Supreme Court: While the issue relating to ‘right to privacy’ is under consideration before a 9-judge bench, the Centre today told a
Court holds notice through Whatsapp admissible
Bombay High Court: A Bench comprising of G.S. Patel, J , has held that the Indian Judiciary system is flexible enough to