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Civil Procedure and the Internet

The Delhi High Court in the case of Frank Finn Management Consultants v. Subhash Motwani and Another (CS(OS) 367/2002) determined the scope of its jurisdiction under Section 19 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 while making refrence to the availibility of the publication on the internet. The case concerned a suit for damages publishing [...]

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The Folly of Convention

TRAI recently issued a consultation paper on Media Ownership where it was concerned with the increase in cross-ownership and reduction in media plurality. After some research I came across several FCC commissioned studies which concluded that there was a lack of evidence to link the two. The studies cannot be underestimated since they serve as [...]

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• The TRAI has invited expression of interest by consultants to advise it on the issue of Spectrum Trading. It marks a significant step away from the present position of not allowing trading in spectrum. For a copy of the TRAI press release click here #
• On October 11,  TRAI's Do not call registry completed one year of effective operation. The press release indicates that in the past 6 months, "81 thousand complaints were received...out of which more than 79 thousand complaints have been addressed..". Read more here #
• The recent liquidity crunch has resulted in a uniform bear run on the stocks of Indian Banks. Though ICICI bank has particularly been the victim of rumors as to its alleged liquidity crunch. In a FIR filed by the bank it has accused several people acting in a criminal conspiracy to exaggerate the bear run with a intent to profit. It has accused websites which provide trading information and national sms services through the internet. This will invariably raise questions of intermediary liability in the future. For more details on the FIR which has been filed by ICICI click here #
• The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has in principle approved private FM Channels to air news and current affairs programmes produced by AIR. The proposal awaits the signature of the cabinet minister and also requires a Cabinet clearance. Read more here #
• I recently discovered that Zotero a free citation management plugin for Firefox supports the bluebook (dont know which edition!). The bluebook style can be downloaded from here. Its not perfect and the output may sometimes be incorrect but it does reduce manual labor (caps et al.). #