Adarsh Kumar

The Delhi High Court has instructed the central government to hold a meeting with deepfake technology providers and users, telecom service providers, and deepfake victims, as well as intermediaries, before finalizing recommendations for detecting and removing deepfakes

By setting aside the decision of the Rajasthan High Court which quashed a sexual harassment case based on a compromise between the accused and father of the victim, the apex court has ruled in the interest of justice and held that the lower courts must have due regard to the nature and gravity of the crime which could have a serious impact on society 

The Delhi High Court in connection with a 2013 suicide abetment case recently observed that persons holding a certain post in the course of duties have to take certain decisions which can cause hardship to an employee. The Court ruled that the same cannot, in the absence of the requisite mens rea, be termed as an action which would amount to incitement/abetment

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that the “family pension” provisions outlined in the High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1954, and the associated Rules shall apply to the pension awarded to the Chairperson of the State Law Commission under the Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission Act, 2010

In a recent ruling, the Allahabad High Court ruled that a trial court lacks the authority to take up a case in which a broker is accused of misappropriating investor funds. The case had come up in the court of judicial magistrate, Agra. The verdict is significant as it involves share brokers and investors

A Public Interest Litigation in the Bombay High Court sought to address the practice of hair transplant surgeries being performed by surgeons who lack the requisite qualifications. The PIL said that with the proliferation of social media platforms, the reach of unqualified dental practitioners posing as dermatologists or hair transplant surgeons has expanded significantly

The apex court has directed states and union territories to dispense the funds raised by judicial officers for clearance of arrears and allowances. The bench said top bureaucrats will have to appear in person for the delay and rejected the request of several states that chief secretaries be allowed to appear virtually

In order to prevent delay in launching life-saving drugs in the country, the centre has allowed those approved in the US, the UK, Australia, Japan, Canada and the EU to be used in India without clinical trials

The MP High Court recently held a contractor liable for not putting warning signs at a construction site, leading to the death of man. This should act as a deterrent to other irresponsible construction firms

The Union Law Ministry is working on developing Artificial Intelligence to translate laws across multiple Indian languages. This comes at a time when the three new criminal laws have come into effect while their official translations into Indian languages are yet to be notified