The petitioner claimed that the messaging app - WhatsApp - had refused to comply with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
The Supreme Court of India has dismissed a PIL seeking a regulatory board for OTT platforms, citing concerns about potential violations of fundamental rights and the portrayal of historical events in media.
A bench of Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela issued notices to the Union ministries of Electronics and Information Technology, Information and Broadcasting and Finance and Delhi government's Department of Trade and Taxes on the petition.
The three-judge bench of the Supreme Court was hearing a PIL which included former CJI Ranjan Gogoi as respondent. The court also schooled the lawyer for mentioning the judge as a respondent and filing PIL when he should have filed a curative petition.
A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an SIT probe into allegations of animal fat being used in Tirupati laddus, sparking a major controversy involving religious sentiments and political accusations.
Hathras stampede: A separate judicial commission headed by retired Allahabad High Court judge Brijesh Kumar Shrivastava, and retired IPS Hemant Rao were also probing the Hathras stampede case.
The families of 26 manhole workers were yet to receive compensation, as noted in the plea filed in April 2023. Despite the 2013 Act's prohibition, local authorities continued to engage people for hazardous cleaning, leading to multiple deaths.
Earlier on Friday, Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra administered the oath to Bhajan Lal Sharma, Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Rahul Gandhi LS membership: The plea submitted that once a member of Parliament or a state legislature loses his office by operation of Law in Article 102, 191 of the Constitution read with section 8 (3) of the Representation of People Act 1951, he will continue to be disqualified.
Taj Mahal history: Ustad Ahmad Lahori has been cited as the architect of the Taj Mahal. However, the study undertaken by the Petitioner establishes that the evidence supporting the identification of Ustad Ahamd Lahori as the architect of the Taj Mahal is only circumstantial.
Petitioner Rajneesh Bhaskar Gupta has contended that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has no power to withdraw Rs 2,000 currency notes from circulation and only the Centre could have taken a decision in this regard.
Odisha: Over 1,000 people have been injured in the Balasore train accident, which involved two passenger trains and a goods carriage. To date, 288 people have died in the incident.
Amid row over the new parliament building, the Supreme Court rejected the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) over the inauguration of the facility scheduled to take place on May 28.
Supreme Court on menstrual leaves: According to the petition, the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, makes provisions for almost all the problems faced by women related to maternity in their true spirit.
The petitioner claimed that the display of English language on signage boards etc at the airport in Mumbai is nothing but an act to foist the language on the indigenous people.
Sharma said that in his PIL he has raised a constitutional question and the top court has to decide whether citizens have the right under Article 19 (1) (2) to see news, facts and reports on the 2002 Gujarat riots.
The situation is alarming as many individuals and organizations are carrying mass conversion of socially and economically underprivileged and SCs-STs either by use of force or by allurement thus exploiting their poverty,” the PIL said.
Delhi air pollution: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announced that primary schools will be closed from Saturday in view of spike in pollution levels in the national capital.
SC dismisses PIL on Taj Mahal: The Apex Court dismissed a plea which sought to open an inquiry into the history of the Taj Mahal. The PIL was filed by Rajneesh Singh, the media coordinator for the BJP's Ayodhya unit.
Supreme Court heard pleas against the CAA on December 18, 2019 for the first time. The CAA came into effect on January 10, 2020.
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