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The plea in Delhi High Court alleges that the Delhi Police failed to take cognizance of the actions by the named publications/portals/news organizations and social media platforms, as disclosure of identity of Hathras gangrape victims is a punishable offence under Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code.

A Three Judges Supreme Court bench has allowed amendment of Prayer by petitioner and directed him to serve the copies to SGI, Tushar Mehta.

Supreme Court Justice Dr D.Y. Chandrachud on Saturday said that a press free of political and economic influence is vital to provide information to citizens in an unbiased manner.

Delhi High Court division bench was hearing an appeal preferred by the social media platforms challenging the order passed by the Single Judge wherein the Single Judge refused to interfere with the ’s probe for investigation against the platform’s new privacy policy.

The Delhi High Court on Friday deferred to August 27, hearing on the appeal filed by WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook, challenging the order passed by the Single-Judge Bench, wherein the Single Judge refused to interfere with the Competition Commission of India's probe for investigation

The micro-blogging platform’s refusal to conform to amended IT rules led the centre to approach the Delhi High Court, which pulled it up. The company has now asked for more time to comply with the rules.

Supreme Court refuses to quash the summons issued by the Peace and Harmony Committee of the Delhi Legislative Assembly to Facebook India Vice President Ajit Mohan, in relation to Delhi Riots, 2020

As in the case of the new IT rules—aimed at controlling social media majors Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, as well as digital news portals like The Wire, Scroll and The Quint—the objective behind the draft e-commerce rules is shadowing.

The Counsel for the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has agreed that no precipitate action will be taken against WhatsApp of Facebook before the hearing of the case against a notice from the CCI.