Luthra leads on Den Networks sale of 55% stake in Delhi Dynamos to GMS Group
Den Networks is divesting its 55 per cent equity stake in Den Sports, which owns Indian Super League team – Delhi Dynamos, to Wall Street Investments, part of GMS Group for 43.32 crore. Luthra &...
View Article“Judges at liberty to decline access to any person to their Chambers”, Kerala...
After the Kerala High Court had closed its media room following clashes between lawyers and journalists, the High Court has now issued a ‘press note’ clarifying its stance on the access for scribes to...
View ArticleKerala High Court frames norms for court reporting, LLB mandatory for...
The stand-off between media personnel and lawyers in Kerala has culminated in framing of guidelines for reporting High Court proceedings. The norms have been framed by the Kerala High Court, and were...
View ArticleDelhi HC lambasts media for disclosing identity of Kathua rape victim [Read...
The Delhi High Court today came down heavily on several media houses for disclosing the details of the Kathua gang rape victim, and issued notice to them, as well as the Ministry of Information and...
View ArticleDelhi HC directs media houses to pay 10 lakh each as penalty for disclosing...
The Delhi High Court today, directed various media houses to deposit Rs. 10 lakh each, as penalty for disclosing the name and other details of the Kathua gangrape victim. The Division Bench of Acting...
View ArticleSC seeks AG’s assistance in petition to curb discussion on judges by...
In light of open discussion around the possibility of opposition parties moving an impeachment motion against the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, a petition came to be heard before the Supreme...
View ArticleMedia should be allowed to work in an atmosphere of freedom: Calcutta HC...
In a recent order, Justice Shekhar B Saraf of the Calcutta High Court made certain pertinent observations regarding the significance of the freedom of the media in a democracy, reiterating that, “…the...
View ArticleDelhi HC impleads more publications for disclosing Kathua victim’s identity
The Delhi High Court yesterday impleaded five more publications in its suo moto petition to penalize media houses for disclosing personal details of the Kathua gangrape victim. The Division Bench of...
View ArticleAccredited Journalists allowed to carry Mobile Phones inside SC courtrooms
Accredited journalists can carry mobile phones inside the court rooms of Supreme Court. According to a notification issued today, Chief Justice Dipak Misra has passed the order allowing accredited...
View ArticleTheory that there cannot be prior restraint of media stands diluted after...
In an order passed earlier this week, the Madras High Court cited the right to privacy - as laid down in the Justice KS Puttaswamy case - to restrain a media house from publishing articles touching...
View ArticleLarger Bench of Kerala HC to consider question of limits on court reporting
A batch of petitions calling for restrictions on court reporting has been referred to a larger bench of the Kerala High Court. On Thursday, a Bench of Justices PN Ravindran, AM Shaffique and K Harilal...
View ArticlePrivacy of Public Figures and the Chilling Effect on Free Speech
Sidhant Kumar The Madras High Court recently in Kanimozhi Karunanidhi v P Vardarajan granted an interim injunction directing a newspaper not to publish any material that relates to the private life of...
View ArticleBombay HC directs Centre to decide if Media should be barred from using the...
The Bombay High Court has directed the Central government to consider directing the media to refrain from using the word Dalit when referring to members of Scheduled Castes. An order to this effect was...
View ArticleVictims should not be made to relive trauma, SC orders media restraint in...
The Supreme Court today took suo motu cognizance of the alleged sexual abuse of minor inmates in the shelter homes in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. A Bench of Justice Madan Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta took...
View ArticleSC orders blanket ban on publication of images of Victims of Sexual Offences
The Supreme Court today ordered a blanket ban on publication of images, morphed or blurred, of victims of sexual offences by electronic, print and social media. The order came to be passed during the...
View ArticleMuzaffarpur Shelter Home case: Patna High Court Media Gag challenged in SC
A Special Leave Petition (SLP) has been filed in the Supreme Court, challenging the media gag order passed by the Patna High Court in the case concerning sexual abuse of minor inmates of shelter homes...
View ArticleIf the Fourth Estate is stifled, India will become a Nazi State: Madras HC...
The Madras High Court recently made a strong case in favour of the freedom of the press and media, noting that unless functions of the fourth estate are safeguarded, India may as well become a Nazi...
View ArticleSupreme Court bars Media from revealing identity of sexual assault victims
Reiterating the provisions in the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Supreme Court today restrained the media from revealing the names and identities...
View ArticleAddressing the Press: Not the Problem
Satvik Varma Today marks the anniversary of the unprecedented press conference, when four Judges of the Supreme Court, constituting the then Collegium, bemoaned that our “democracy may be in danger.”...
View ArticleKarnataka HC sets aside interim gag order granted in favour of Tejasvi Surya
The Karnataka High Court has reportedly set aside an order passed by the Bangalore City Civil Court granting an interim injunction in favour of BJP candidate Tejasvi Surya in the defamation case he...
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