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“)When the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) published the Draft National Encryption Policy last week, it probably did not expect to have it withdrawn in just a few days’ time. After facing a seething attack from all quarters, the IT Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, announced that the draft policy was not the government’s final view, and a revised policy would soon be published.

Is this the end of the block? Possibly not despite reports of a government U-turn…

“I reject with contempt the charge that it is a Talibani government, as being said by some of the critics. Our government supports free media,” said telecoms minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, saying that ISPs were ordered today to unblock websites that did not contain pornography that were accidentally included in the secret list of 857 pornographic sites to be blocked in India online.

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) India, has published the Department of Telecommunication (DOT) letter ordering internet providers to block 857 websites.

Indian internet service providers (ISPs) received a notice from the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) two days ago (31 July), ordering the blocking of 857 websites, many of which appeared to host pornography, according to an authoritative source at an ISP.

Several pornography web sites are currently inaccessible in India on several internet service providers (ISPs).

The Delhi high court will hear a PIL by NGO Media Watch-India against all private DTH players and the Central Government for flouting existing laws regarding Direct to Home broadcasting, according to an article by the organisation on factly (republished in full below).

The question of whether Sports Federations perform important public functions during course of administration of sports disciplines has been the bone of contention for a long time in India, argues senior counsel Rajiv Dutta.

The Caravan magazine’s website has published an internal Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) memo to its regional offices, with a list of words that should be banned from movies and other media it is responsible for censoring.

Legally India editor Kian Ganz was in an online Q&A today, fielding some excellent and insightful questions on freedom of speech for an hour from CNN-IBN’s viewers. It was fun! Do read and let us know your thoughts.

The chilling effect of the Delhi high court’s gag order it the Swatanter Kumar case is only the latest in a long line of examples of the media losing out in its fight to report on the judiciary, argues advocate Prashant Reddy.

In a remarkable recent decision, the Supreme Court of India held that the doctrine of ‘patent illegality’ was not an argument against the recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award.

Olswang Singapore dissects how and why governing law is vital when drafting of dispute resolution clauses.

Olswang Singapore-based partner Jonathan Choo and associate Shaun Lee examine what happens when outsourcing contracts end – as they sometimes do - in this third deep and incisive insight in the Technology and Outsourcing Hot Spots Series.

Olswang Singapore-based partner Jonathan Choo and associate Shaun Lee examine governance and change control procedures in outsourcing contracts in this second fascinating post in their Technology and Outsourcing Hot Spots Series.

Communications minister Kapil Sibal has instructed the Information Technology (IT) department to appeal against the 14 Feb Gwalior court order blocking almost 80 web pages critical of the Arindam Chaudhary owned management institute IIPM. Sources told the Times of India that the department of teleco...

How is the TDSAT going to function without members, asks Delhi advocate Nidhi Parashar.

In this knowledge partnership series, Olswang Singapore-based partner Jonathan Choo and associate Shaun Lee examine the legal issues related to outsourcing contracts and the pitfalls parties should be aware of even during the pre-contractual negotiations.