The Orissa high court has set a new benchmark for record digitisation, a process critical to keeping courts running quickly and smoothly, creating a ‘win-win’ situation for not only the bar and bench, but also the public. Though work on the digitisation of records began in the high court in ... Read More »

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday moved an application before the Special NIA Court seeking to submit seized mobile phones of seven accused from the Bhima Koregaon case of 2018 to the Supreme Court appointed technical committee probing the Pegasus spyware scandal. The application by NIA came after the ... Read More »

Facebook was dealt a setback on Tuesday when an adviser to the top European Union court said any data protection authority in the bloc had the power to take action against it for breaching privacy laws. Facebook has its European headquarters in Ireland and has argued that only the Irish data protection authority ... Read More »

A Delhi court on Monday summoned as accused app-based cab service providers, including Ola and Uber, for allegedly violating permit rules. Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra summoned ANI Technologies which runs Ola, Uber India Systems and Serendipity Infolabs which runs ‘Taxi For Sure’ and directed their authorised representatives to appear before it on December ... Read More »

A plea seeking prosecution of app-based cab service providers, including Ola and Uber, for allegedly not adhering to rules to raise fares would come up before a Delhi court on July 13. Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra listed the matter for the next date to seek clarifications, after which it would reserve the order ... Read More »

The Delhi High Court has allowed the use of social network like WhatsApp and email in judicial proceedings. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw has allowed the plaintiff to serve the summons on one of the defendants through WhatsApp, text message and email. “The plaintiffs are permitted to serve the defendant… by ... Read More »

The Supreme Court Wednesday referred social media platform WhatsApp’s privacy policy matter to a Constitution bench which will hear the issue on April 18. A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said the parties should appear before the Constitution bench and formulate issues to ... Read More »

“Old” is new on dating apps. After becoming popular among college students and young professionals, matchmaking startups such as Tinder Inc., happn SAS and The League App Inc. are now welcoming older singles—as in those in their late 30s and beyond. The reason? Their money. The League, a dating app ... Read More »

The RSS and the BJP reacted sharply to Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s statement in the Supreme Court on Thursday where he said that he stood by every word he had said linking the RSS to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. RSS prachar pramukh or spokesperson Manmohan Vaidya questioned what ... Read More »

Google has had another appeal against Android antitrust charges turned down by a Russian court, according to local news agency Interfax (via Reuters). At issue is how the company requires handset makers using its Android OS to also pre-load Google apps and services onto devices in order to get access to the Play app store ... Read More »