Centre defends IT Act, slams ‘X’ for calling ‘Sahyog’ a censorship tool | India News – The Times of India

The Centre has strongly criticised social media platform X for describing the ‘Sahyog’ portal as a “censorship” tool, calling the claim “unfortunate” and “condemnable” in a detailed response submitted before the Karnataka High Court.The government countered X Corp’s challenge to India’s information-blocking framework, asserting that the platform had misinterpreted provisions of the Information Technology (IT)…

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Centre’s Sahyog portal ‘nothing but a censorship tool’, X tells Karnataka high court | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Microblogging platform X’s petition in the Karnataka high court seeks an order restraining the respondents, including various govt departments, from “coercive or prejudicial action” against X Corp, its representatives and employees pertaining to content under any law other than Section 69A of the IT Act, read with the procedure mandated by guidelines for…

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Muda case: Big relief for Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah’s wife as HC cancels ED summons – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Karnataka high court on Friday cancelled the Enforcement Directorate summons issued to chief minister Siddaramaiah‘s wife Parvathi & state minister BS Suresha in the Mysore Urban Development Authority (Muda) land allotment scam.The HC had reserved its verdict on petitions filed by Parvathi and urban development minister Suresh, challenging the ED summons related to…

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Cop working on 16-hour shift gets HC relief over ‘nap’ on duty | Bengaluru News – The Times of India

BENGALURU: A transport constable, who was suspended from the state-owned Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KKRTC) for taking a 10-minute catnap after doing a 16-hour shift continuously for two months, has earned relief from Karnataka high court, which has quashed the suspension order issued by KKRTC.Justice M Nagaprasanna pointed out that the KKRTC management itself…

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MUDA Scam Case: Karnataka high court refuses to transfer MUDA case probe against CM Siddaramaiah to CBI | Bengaluru News – The Times of India

BENGALURU: In a major relief for chief minister Siddaramaiah, his wife Parvathy, and others, the Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed the petition seeking to transfer the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) alternative sites allotment case involving them to a CBI probe.Snehamayi Krishna, one of the complainants in the case, had filed the petition. Justice…

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Vijay Mallya moves high court, accused banks of recovering debt ‘multiple times over’ | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya on Wednesday moved Karnataka high court challenging the debt recovery proceedings against him.Mallya in his petition, sought a statement by the banks of accounts for the amounts owed by him United Breweries Holdings Limited (in liquidation) and other certificate debtors.Justice R Devdas issued the notice to the to banks…

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High Court stays probe against Infosys co-founder under SC/ST Act | India News – The Times of India

BENGALURU: The Karnataka HC stayed on Wednesday the investigation and further proceedings against Infosys co-founder and Indian Institute of Science governing council chairman Senapathy Kris Gopalakrishnan and 15 others in a complaint filed under provisions of the SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.Justice SR Krishna Kumar also directed the issuance of an emergent notice…

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Karnataka high court: Victim’s note cannot override cruelty charges – The Times of India

BENGALURU: Karnataka high court rejected a petition to quash a dowry death case despite the victim’s suicide note not naming anyone.Justice M Nagaprasanna’s verdict, on plea filed by a Bengaluru man and his parents, cited prima facie evidence of harassment. Court said the victim’s final note cannot override substantive allegations of matrimonial cruelty. The victim…

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