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A petition has been filed in Mumbai High Court against the recent Intermediary Guidelines by Mr Kunal Karma a stand up comedian according to a report in Bar and Bench and the Court has agreed to hear it on April … Continue reading →

In introducing the need for a new Act namely Digital India Act to replace the existing ITA 2000, the Government has identified 5 distinct changes in the environment since 2000 as follows. Out of the five identified developments, it is … Continue reading →

The Intermediary guidelines and Digital media  ethics  rules of 25th  February 2021  had attracted a  lot of criticism from the industry and has even been questioned in a Court. A case is also going on in Karnataka High Court where … Continue reading →

The MeitY had announced Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics guidelines on 25th February 2021 which had evoked the Anti-CAA kind of response from the industry. Several High Courts (Kerala, Bombay and Madras)came up with their own interim orders  truncating … Continue reading →

The recent issue of Sulli deal and Bulli Bai apps being hosted on GitHub has exposed GitHub to liabilities under ITA 2000 as a Significant Social Media Intermediary (It is estimated that there are 5.8 million users from India). According … Continue reading →