>In the last month alone, at least four “John Doe” orders have been issued by courts in India, for blocking access to any website which might be deemed to host links to pirated content. Producers of films such as Housefull 3, Waiting, Veerappan and Azhar have received orders from the Bombay high court, which allow them to ask the ISPs to block user access to any website they believe hosts links which allow downloading of pirated content. One of the older orders also lists torrent sites, and users have been complaining of torrent sites being blocked in India.<

The Bombay high court on Monday overruled the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) recommended 13 cuts for Bollywood film “Udta Punjab” and cleared the film for release with one cut and three disclaimers by the filmmakers here.

The censor board on Friday told the Bombay high court that some of the scenes recommended for deletion in the Hindi movie “Udta Punjab” were “very vulgar”.

Naik Naik & Company managing partner Ameet Naik with senior advocate Ravi Kadam acted for Phantom Films in their Bombay high court appeal against the censor board’s decision to ban the film Udta Punjab.

Lawyers Collective (LC) – the NGO founded by senior advocates and spouses Indira Jaising and Anand Grover – responded to the home ministry’s 6-month ban order on it receiving foreign funds, by claiming that the ban order was “a malafide act and an act of vindictiveness on the part of the Government” against which the NGO had fought several cases.

Justice AM Khanwilkar, Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Ashok Bhushan and the former additional solicitor general L Nageswara Rao were sworn-in as judges of the Supreme Court on Friday.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a plea by income tax authorities challenging a Bombay high court order that had permitted Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan tax relief in earnings made from “Kaun Banega Crorepati” (KBC).

The right to eat beef is a part of the right to privacy, which is a part of a citizen’s fundamental right to life, affirmed the Bombay high court today.

In a significant verdict, the Bombay high court today ruled that possession of beef slaughtered outside Maharashtra would not be a criminal offence but it upheld the government’s decision to ban the slaughter of bullocks in the state.

At Court No 3 before noon today, the going was tough for the special leave petitions (SLPs), in direct proportion to the persistence of the counsel with their pleas.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea challenging a Bombay high court ruling prohibiting holding of Indian premier League (IPL) cricket matches in Maharashtra due to unprecedented drought conditions in Vidarbha and Marathwada. The plea was filed by the Maharashtra and Mumbai Cricket Associ...

The Chief Justice of India (CJI) TS Thakur’s cricket team – the CJI XI – won in its face-off against the Supreme Court Bar Association’s (SCBA) team, by 35 runs at the Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi cricket stadium yesterday, reported the Times of India . The Bombay high court’s justice RV Ghughe, batting 5...

The Bombay high court today ordered that all IPL matches after 30 April should be shifted outside Maharashtra.

The matches scheduled until 30 April can, however, be held in the state, the court said, adding it could not afford to ignore the plight of people affected by drought.

There is an all-pervasive oppression by the ruling class and we are confronting a bizarre reality now, said G N Saibaba, the Delhi University professor who was released on bail last week by a Supreme Court order on health grounds . The 90 percent-disabled professor, who was arrested by the Maharasht...

Bollywood star Salman Khan has told the Supreme Court that he was not driving his Toyota Land Cruiser when it killed a man in Mumbai in 2002 but police were trying to implicate him in the case. Claiming that his driver Ashok Singh was at the wheels, Salman said in an affidavit filed on 17 March that...

The Supreme Court was told on Tuesday that one report of a test on Maggi noodles by the government research institute has shown that the lead content was within permissible limits but the tastemaker monosodium glutamate (MSG) was on the higher side. Senior counsel Vibha Datta Makhija, appearing for ...

The Maharashtra Government may well regret its decision to seek custody of alleged Maoist activist, Prof G Saibaba – who is suffering from 90 per cent disability and moves in a wheel chair due to post polio paralysis - at the Nagpur Central Jail during the trial against him.

The Supreme Court today issued notice to filmstar Salman Khan on the Maharashtra government’s petition challenging a Bombay high court verdict acquitting him in a 2002 accident case.

Adding to his list of failed litigations, Supreme Court of India has dismissed a public interest litigation filed by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma, in which Sharma had urged the Court to take judicial note of a statement made by actor Salman Khan’s father Salim Khan that the Khan family had spent Rs 25 crore on the litigation involving 2002-hit and run case.

Chief Justice Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela of the Orissa High Court on Monday was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of the Bombay high court here, following the collegium’s recommendation last month. Governor CV Rao administered the oath of office to Chief Justice Waghela at Raj Bhavan. Present on the ...