The Latest Breaking News from Bar and Bench

The Supreme Court has laid down a framework for portraying persons with disabilities in visual media, Bar and Bench reported. 

Delhi High Court has summoned news agency Press Trust of India in a copyright infringement and plagiarism case filed by Asian News International in connection with the videos of a Delhi-Darbhanga Spicejet flight’s air conditioner breakdown, Bar and Bench reported.  

The Supreme Court has stayed the release of the movie Hamare Baarah and asked the Bombay High Court to take an expeditious decision on a petition alleging that the film was derogatory to Islam and married Muslim women, Bar and Bench reported.

TV Today Network Limited has again approached the Delhi High Court after it was denied relief by a panel – formed under the IT rules – over the suspension of the Harper’s Bazaar India Instagram page, Bar and Bench reported.

The Calcutta High Court has restrained the BJP from publishing any “derogatory” advertisements against the TMC and pulled up the Election Commission of India for “grossly failing” to address the Trinamool’s complaints, Bar and Bench reported.

The Delhi High Court has upheld the trial court order directing Bloomberg to take down a report alleging that the Securities and Exchange Board of India had found irregularities to the tune of 241 million US dollars at Zee Entertainment, Bar and Bench reported.

The Delhi High Court has issued summons to ANI over a man’s defamation complaint alleging that the agency carried his wife’s interview and a report in which she falsely accused him of giving her instant triple talaq for not giving birth to a male child, Bar and Bench reported.

NewsClick has withdrawn its petition challenging two income tax assessment notices against it in the Supreme Court in order to move the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal for relief, Bar and Bench reported.

Correction at 11.45 am on June 18: This report earlier carried a logo which belonged to Zee Media Corporation Limited (ZMCL) instead of Zee Entertainment Enterprises. ZMCL is not involved in the transaction between Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited and Sony Pictures Networks India. The error is regretted.