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In a 2:1 verdict, the Supreme Court kept the three-year Bar practice eligibility rule for Civil Judge (Junior Division) recruitment […]
Sudhir & Ors. v. Head of Human Resource, Dainik Bhaskar Group (D.B. Corp. Ltd.) & Ors., along with connected appeals;
The court drew a line between reporting on a hearing and republishing audio or video of it.
An interim order requires intermediaries to remove the material within 36 hours.
The court held that the applicant had not exhausted domestic options.
The judgment sets out how station house officers must record such complaints.
A single judge held that the magistrate had not applied his mind to the ingredients of the offence before issuing summons.
The platform argued that masking would interfere with the public record.
