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181.
Encryption in India: The Way Forward
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of India dismissed a public interest litigation petition calling for the ban of messenger apps like Whatsapp, Telegram etc for their adoption of end-to-end encryption. ...
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Created on 18 August 2016
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182.
Cataloging violations of Supreme Court’s order on Aadhaar
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... it statutory backing, one Parliamentary Standing Committee evaluation, and multiple challenges in the Supreme Court. With respect to the petitions pending in the Supreme Court that challenge the scheme ...
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Created on 17 August 2016
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183.
Whether landowners are consumers under Consumer Protection Act in builders' collaboration agreements
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(Blog: Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution)
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... and as such whether they can approach the consumer forums, which ensure speedy justice, in light of various judgments of the Supreme Court.
In today’s world, many landowners enter into agreements, which ...
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Created on 09 August 2016
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184.
Aadhaar – Identity without consent, control or security
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... CIDR would maintain a record of it. Significantly, (and contrary to three previous Supreme Court orders), there is little room for doubt that the scheme has been envisaged as being mandatory to avail ...
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Created on 08 August 2016
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185.
Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Second Amendment) Bill, 2014
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(Blog: Tax (indirect & direct))
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... resolution mechanism raises substantial Constitutional issues, and how it will be seen as being compatible with Article 131 of the Constitution, which stipulates that the Hon’ble Supreme Court has supremacy ...
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Created on 05 August 2016
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186.
The Bihar Prohibition and Excise Bill, 2016: An analysis
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(Blog: Constitutional Law)
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... of publishing this blog, the Bill was being debated in the Legislative Assembly. [1] E.P. Royappa v State of Tamil Nadu, Supreme Court, Writ Petition No. 284 of 1972, November 23, 1973. [2] Maneka Gandhi ...
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Created on 01 August 2016
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187.
India Patent Law Controversies: Resolution within Policy Framework
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(Blog: Analysis)
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... to India, The Patents Act 1970 looked to only actual possession by public (anticipation related provisions) in denying patent grants. However, the India Supreme Court extended the criteria to obviousness ...
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Created on 20 July 2016
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188.
Internet Shutdowns: An Update
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... fear that the power may be abused. A petition that sought more information on the protocol was declined by the Supreme Court of the United States. In the UK too, a localized mobile network shutdown implemented ...
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Created on 14 July 2016
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189.
Last Week in Litigation - July 4 to July 9
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(Blog: Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution)
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Supreme Court slams Google, Yahoo and Microsoft for sex selection kit ads
http://goo.gl/P8ERNAThe Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed search engines Google, Yahoo and Microsoft for failing to keep out ads ...
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Created on 11 July 2016
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190.
Last Week's Links in Litigation (June 27 - July 1
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(Blog: News and current affairs)
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Delhi-Centre tussle: AAP govt moves Supreme Courthttp://goo.gl/NjEpAHThe Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on Monday the plea ofAAP government in Delhi seeking a direction that the high court be restrained ...
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Created on 01 July 2016
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191.
Prejuding a Dispute in a Section 11 Related Proceeding? A Case Comment
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(Blog: Analysis)
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It was expected that the Supreme Court would pass several judgements on the first day of the Court after the vacations (29.06.2016). The Supreme Court did pass several decisions and twenty three of them ...
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Created on 30 June 2016
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192.
FAQ: Legal Position of Encryption in India
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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by sflc_admin | June 29, 2016 The Indian Supreme Court on 29th June, 2016 refused to entertain a petition that sought a ban on WhatsApp and other similar applications that use strong end to end encryption ...
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Created on 29 June 2016
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193.
WhatsApp Encryption: To Ban or Not to Ban
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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Today, a division bench of the Supreme Court of India comprising of the Chief Justice Thakur and Justice Khanwalkar examined a public interest litigation petition seeking a ban on Whatsapp and analogous ...
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Created on 29 June 2016
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194.
GNLU students restricted from wearing ankle socks and gossiping at internships! (and much more)
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(Blog: Student life)
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... unfortunately (owing to Supreme Court's recent missed attempt at decriminalisation) also a criminal offence. Thus GNLU has remedy against persons seeking to defame GNLU even without prohibiting defamation ...
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Created on 28 June 2016
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195.
Female as Karta of a Hindu Undivided Family
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(Blog: Uncategorized)
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... (Abolition) Act, 1975, the expression ‘Joint Hindu Family’ is defined as an undivided Hindu family governed by the Mitakshara Law.
In Surjit Lal Chhabda v. Commissioner of Income Tax[1] the Supreme Court ...
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Created on 23 June 2016
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196.
EU Code of Conduct on Countering Illegal Hate Speech Online: An Analysis
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... online speech[12]. Hence, the Indian Supreme Court in Shreya Singhal v Union of India[13] rejected the “private notice and takedown” standard. It held that an intermediary will only be liable if it fails ...
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Created on 20 June 2016
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197.
Right to advertising of lawyers
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(Blog: About legal practice)
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... with respect to particular fields.
The Supreme Court observed, some of the members of the profession have been adopting prospectively casual approach to the practice of the profession, they do not only ...
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Created on 20 June 2016
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198.
Unwed Mothers May Become Sole Guardian Of A Child
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(Blog: Constitutional Law)
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- By Mitali Yadav
In the case of ABC vs. The State (NCT of Delhi), the Supreme Court (a bench headed by Justice Vikramajit Sen) has held that an unwed mother, in India, can apply to become the sole guardian of ...
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Created on 14 June 2016
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199.
Delhi High Court strikes down levy of Service tax on composite construction contracts involving transfer of land
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(Blog: Tax (indirect & direct))
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... Hon’ble Supreme Court in C. C. Ex. vs. Larsen and Toubro (2016) 1 SCC 170.
Reiterating the settled law, it was also held that Circulars or other instructions could not provide the machinery provisions ...
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Created on 08 June 2016
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The SC was right in upholding criminal defamation: Here's a better road to abolitio
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(Blog: Litigation, arbitration & dispute resolution)
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By: Siddharth Sijoira [Author is an advocate at the Supreme Court of India]
The Supreme Court verdict upholding the constitutional validity of criminal defamation under sections 499 and 500 is timely ...
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Created on 04 June 2016