Bollywood law comedy-drama Jolly LLB has received three legal notices for allegedly depicting lawyers in a bad light, defaming a law college, and causing ridicule to a lawyer with the surname Jolly. The journalist-turned-director Subhash Kapoor’s film is slated for release next Friday (15 March).

The Indian courts made 20 orders for the removal of 487 content items hosted on the internet by Google services between January and June 2012, setting a new record and keeping India’s second global place in Google’s internet censorship rankings, as the executive asked for personal data on 3,467 users of Google services.

Pakistan Supreme Court summons Pakistani PM Gilani over giving immunity to Prez Zardari in graft cases; Bench to slap Gilani with contempt charges, directs PM to appear in person on Feb 13; Gilani’s lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan says he will appeal [ Times of India ] SC erases law; Division bench of justices ...

Gujarat govt to work out repayment schedule with Essar Oil regarding Rs 9,100 crore of sales tax deferment benefit after SC directed Essar Oil that it could not longer defer the tax [ Mint ] [Correction: The original report by moneycontrol is understood to have contained errors. The Legally Wired it...

Internet censorship case: Google counsel Neeraj Kishan Kaul says govt. is “blaming the land lord for what a tenant does”; Delhi HC Justice Suresh Cait lashes out, says land lord liable if tenant performing illegal activity [ ET ] What motivated the case against Google and Facebook by a journalist? [...

Represented by KTS Tulsi, Delhi HC blesses Subramaniam Swamy with interim protection against arrest; Delhi Police accuses Swamy of fuelling communal passions through article; Swami says he will write no more [ Indian Express ] Chief Justice Kapadia with Justices Jain, Nijjar, Khehar and Desai to dec...

“Like China, we will block all such websites,” Justice Suresh Kait tells Facebook’s and Google’s counsel in the Delhi High Court [ Firstpost (via @courtwitness1 )] Ex-SG Gopal Subramanium points out challenges that have crippled the CBI to Tehelka, says Bureau should be given a facelift, modern equi...

Exclusive: DSK Legal managing partner Anand Desai is defending Aamir Khan’s latest box office bonanza Delhi Belly against a raft of obscenity claims, of which only one has so far been served on the producer.

Bhasin & Co managing partner and Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) president Lalit Bhasin has vowed to safeguard “freedom of expression” and “promote arts” as the newly-appointed chairman of the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal.