The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) to clarify whether the State has any Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for dealing with allegedly defamatory and offensive social media content aimed at judges.

The petitioner has denied the allegations and claimed that he was being politically targeted.

The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Tamil Nadu man for criminal intimidation after finding that threatening to upload a woman’s private bathing video on social media amounts to an attack on her dignity, privacy, and sexual autonomy. The Court said such conduct can amount to “imputing unchastity” under Section 506 Part II of the Indian Penal Code.

The trial court acquitted the accused of charges under Sections 376, 493, and 354C IPC, but convicted him under Section 506 Part II IPC for criminal intimidation. The Madras High Court later upheld that conviction.

The Supreme Court of India has clarified that an arbitration clause contained in an earlier redevelopment agreement can become binding in later agreements if those agreements clearly adopt all terms of the original contract.

The dispute arose after Hirani Developers entered into a redevelopment agreement with Nehru Nagar Samruddhi Co-operative Housing Society in 2011 for redevelopment of a dilapidated property. The agreement included an arbitration clause under Clause 36 for resolving disputes through a sole arbitrator.