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BENGALURU: Karnataka HC dismissed Wednesday a petition from Elon Musk’s X Corp against content takedowns, ruling that American free speech standards can’t be transplanted into Indian constitutional thought and no global platform can evade the nation’s laws. It said social media is “a modern amphitheatre of ideas” that cannot be left to “anarchic freedom”.“Regulation is…
Sara Tendulkar and Arjun Tendulkar shared wishes on the occasion of Arjun Tendulkar’s birthday (Screengrabs/Instagram) Cricketer Arjun Tendulkar turned 26 on Tuesday, and wishes poured in from family and friends to mark the occasion. Among them, a post from his sister Sara Tendulkar caught the attention of fans. A day before his birthday, Sara shared…
NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking the removal of graves of terrorists Mohammad Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Bhatt from Tihar Jail. The petitioners had argued that the graves could encourage glorification of terrorism.A bench of chief justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and justice Tushar Rao Gedela said there is no…
NEW DELHI: The Karnataka high court on Monday rejected social media platform X Corp’s petition challenging the Centre’s directive mandating onboarding to the Sahyog portal — a platform used to communicate content-blocking orders with intermediaries.Justice Krishna S Dixit Nagaprasanna, while pronouncing the verdict, underlined the need for regulation of social media platforms, observing that “social…
Salman Khan‘s long-running blackbuck poaching case, was back in the headlines, with the Rajasthan High Court hearing two petitions. About Tuesday’s hearing According to reports, Justice Sandeep Shah, heard a plea filed by Khan, challenging his conviction and seeking acquittal. The court also heard the state government’s Leave to Appeal, which was a request to…
Former JNU student and activist Umar Khalid was taken into custody by police at Red Fort in New Delhi (2020) (Image Credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices on the bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, and Shifa Ur Rehman in connection with the larger conspiracy…
Jacqueline Fernandez has suffered a legal setback after the Supreme Court refused to interfere in a case involving alleged money laundering. Fernandez had approached the apex court challenging a Delhi High Court order that dismissed her plea to quash proceedings by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Jacqueline Fernandez challenges ECIR filed in Rs 200 crore case…
Garima Saikia Garg, wife of Zubeen Garg, on Saturday appealed to the public to maintain peace and not to harbour ill feelings against the singer’s manager Siddhartha Sharma, who she described as “like our own brother.” Garima’s plea for peace ”Zubeen will come home soon and I request all to show the same love to…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Friday trashed a petition against the Karnataka government’s invite to Booker prize winner author Banu Mushtaq as chief guest for the Mysuru Dasara festival at Chamundeshwari temple. Dismissing its claim that participation of a “non-Hindu would hurt religious sentiments”, the court said in a secular country, there can be no discrimination…
SRINAGAR: Former J&K CM and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti wrote to home minister Amit Shah on Friday, taking up cudgels on behalf of jailed separatist Yasin Malik and seeking “a compassionate and urgent review” of the terror funding case against him on grounds of what she described as “his long-standing commitment to non-violence”.“Over the years,…
