Section 69a News Today

Read Elon Musk's X statement on the accounts blocked on its platform by the Indian government. X disagrees with the order and is challenging it.

A division bench of the Court is slated to decide on a case filed by X Corp (Twitter) questioning the Central government's orders to block certain tweets in 2021-22, which was later confirmed by a review committee.

The Kerala High Court has allowed the refund of additional fees paid towards the Legal Aid Benefit fund under Section 76 of the Kerala Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1949. It said:...

The government’s powers to censor online content have been further boosted by a Karnataka High Court order and a new data protection law.

The fact that the court has rebuked Twitter and imposed costs for its efforts to push-back against the blocking orders sets a dangerous precedent that undermines international human rights obligations and shrinks digital civic spaces

In its 109-page judgment dismissing US-based microblogging platform Twitters plea against account blocking orders issued by the Central government, the Karnataka High Court today upheld the right of...

The court said that it would be straining the law beyond justification if it were to recognise a thief as the owner of the property within the meaning of Section 69A.

The ten blocking orders in question issued between February 2021 and February 2022, directed Twitter to block certain information from access to the public, and to suspend several accounts.

The ASG emphasised that only when there was a threat to the sovereignty of India or public order, would the Central government intervene.

This is Part I of a two-part article discussing the RBI’s regulation of interest rates and penal charges.