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Source – financialexpress.com The Supreme Court has sought the response of US-based instant messaging application firm WhatsApp Inc in a matter relating to blocking of videos of sexual offences on social networking sites. The court, while making WhatsApp Inc a party in the matter, said that the petitioner might send a detailed e-mail to them

Source – ndtv.com MUMBAI:  The Bombay High Court on Wednesday ordered the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and other agencies to demolish or reduce the height of over 100 buildings that are in violation of norms near the city airport within two months. A division bench headed by Justice VM Kanade said violators must

Source – ndtv.com NEW DELHI:  Messaging service WhatsApp, which has been used to share videos of Indian women being raped, told the Supreme Court today that it will help to block “sexually offensive” content from being shared on social media. Executives from the instant-messaging company, which has 200 million users in India, which is based

Source – Trak.in For the first time ever, Supreme Court of India has declared that Internet access is a basic fundamental right for all Indians; and this right cannot be curtailed and blocked at any cost. This is one of those watershed moments for Internet activists in India because from now on, this verdict and

Source – indianexpress.com The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Centre and CBSE to include Urdu as a medium of instruction in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) from the academic session 2018-19. The bench, however, accepted the submission by the authorities that it was not possible to include Urdu as a medium of instruction for

Source – thequint.com Media outlets, including The Quint, widely misinterpreted a comment by Narendra Modi during an address on Thursday. The assumption was that the Prime Minister said women can retain maiden names in passports after marriage, when that wasn’t a requirement in the first place. “From now onwards, women will not have to change

Source – huffingtonpost.in LUCKNOW — Those using triple talaq recklessly and without justification should be made to face social boycott, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said on Sunday at the conclusion of its executive meet here. The body, which represents major sects, also came out with a code of conduct for divorce,

Source – livemint.com New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Monday permanently restrained two taxi drivers’ unions from interfering in services offered by taxi aggregators Ola and Uber in the national capital region. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw passed the order after being informed of an unsuccessful attempt at mediation with the two unions—Sarvodaya Driver Association

Source – indianexpress.com A SPECIAL court on Monday directed Delhi Police to register an FIR against a woman investigation officer on alleged charges of sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl, saying that there are “clear allegations of commission of penetrative sexual assault” upon the victim with “a view to create false evidence”. The order came

Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Centre on a petition that asked the government to make singing Vande Mataram, the national song, mandatory in schools. The Centre has four weeks to respond, and the next date of hearing is on August 23. On a separate petition on the