News “Idi Amin Jurisprudence”: Gautam Bhatia on the Karnataka HC’s Dismissal of Twitter’s Section 69A Challenge The challenge was as mainstream a legal and constitutional challenge as it gets Guest AuthorJuly 3, 2023
News Karnataka HC Refuses to Quash FIR Over Congress Video Using Copyrighted KGF-2 Music The FIR pertains to the use of music from the Kannada film KGF Chapter 2 in a promotional video for Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra... Aarathi GanesanJune 30, 2023
News Breaking: Karnataka HC Dismisses Twitter’s Petition Challenging Government’s Content Blocking Orders The verdict brings to an end months of hearings on the constitutionality of government censorship on the Indian Internet Aarathi GanesanJune 30, 2023
News Rs. 21,000 Cr GST Evasion Notice “Illegal, Arbitrary and Without Jurisdiction”: Why Did the Karnataka HC Rule In Favour of Gameskraft? Ruling in favour of the petitioners, the Court flatly stated that rummy is a skill game—and that it's not gambling, regardless of whether it's... Aarathi GanesanMay 16, 2023
News Gone in 60 Seconds: Karnataka HC Quashes GST Show-Cause Notice in Gameskraft Case Gameskraft argued that the authorities were failing to distinguish between gambling games (like games of chance) and games of skill Aarathi GanesanMay 11, 2023
News Court Watch: Tech Policy Cases India’s Courts Will Hear this May From online gambling ban to copyright infringement to the BBC docu blocking, here's a roundup of tech policy legal battles coming up this May Aarathi GanesanMay 4, 2023
News Karnataka HC Reserves Orders In Twitter-Government Standoff Over Blocking of 39 URLs Under Section 69A The verdict may decisively lay out whether foreign companies like Twitter can challenge Indian laws on fundamental rights grounds. Aarathi GanesanApril 24, 2023
News Twitter Argues For Its Right To Appear In Court Over Indian Govt’s Blocking Orders The case will decide what rights platforms like Twitter can exercise in India and whether doing so compromises their safe harbour. Aarathi GanesanApril 12, 2023
News Court Watch: Which Tech Policy Cases Are India’s Courts Hearing This April? From spyware to gambling bans, here are the important legal battles shaping tech policy in India this summer. Aarathi GanesanApril 4, 2023
News “Foreign Body Corporate” Twitter Not Entitled to Free Speech Protections: Indian Govt At Karnataka HC The govt also argued that as a significant social media intermediary, Twitter has to undertake additional due diligence to comply with the law Aarathi GanesanMarch 17, 2023