Supreme Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To MP Cartoonist After His Apology For Objectionable Post On Prime Minister

Supreme Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To MP Cartoonist After His Apology For Objectionable Post On Prime Minister

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 15) granted interim protection to Indore based cartoonist Hemant Malviya, who has been booked over a cartoon shared on Facebook that allegedly contains derogatory references to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the RSS. The court listed the matter after August 15th for further hearing. The order was passed after…

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Guest Post: Intermediary liability in defamation cases - Parle, Mouthshut & Visakha cases to clarify the law

Guest Post: Intermediary liability in defamation cases – Parle, Mouthshut & Visakha cases to clarify the law

Chaitanya Ramachandran, who has blogged for us previously over here and here, has sent us this excellent guest post analyzing the extent of intermediary liability in the context of defamation lawsuits. The specific backdrop to this post is first the recent litigation by Parle against Facebook, Twitter & Google, second the problems being faced by…

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