New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre and others on a plea against the Delhi High Court's split verdict on an issue relating to criminalising marital rape matter.

New Delhi Mar 21 PTI The Delhi High Court Monday said it would hear on May 10 pleas by Internet and social media giants Facebook Twitter and Google challenging an order directing them to remove block or disable on a global basis links to a video containing defamatory allegations against yoga guruRamdevA bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and Jasmeet Singh listed the appeals for hearing in May while asking the parties to file written submissions at least three days before the next date of hearingThe bench said the interim order of January 28 2020 based on the statement of counsel for Ramdev that no contempt will be issued against the appellants shall continueFacebook Twitter and Google have challenged the single judges October 23 2019 order directing them and Googles subsidiary YouTube to forthwith remove block or disable on a global basis links to a video containing defamatory allegations againstRamdevThe single judge had held that merely geo-blocking or disabling access to the defamatory content to viewers from India as agreed to by the social media platforms would not be sufficient as users residing here can gain access to it by other meansThere is an obligation upon the intermediary httpswwwbusiness-standardcomtopicsocial-media nplatforms to disable access which would have to be read as meaning to completely disable access and not partially disable access the court had saidObserving that the race between technology and the law could be termed as a hare and tortoise race - as technology gallops the law tries to keep pace the court had said the provisions of the Information Technology law have to be interpreted in a manner so as to ensure judicial orders are effective and not toothlessThe court had directed the social media platforms that all the offending material which has been uploaded from within India on to the computer network of the platforms would have to be disabled and blocked on a global basisThe court issued the direction after the social media platforms had said that while they have no objection to blocking the URLs and disabling the same insofar as access in India is concerned they were opposed to removalblockingdisabling the defamatory content on a global basisThe defamatory video contained excerpts of a book onRamdevthat were ordered to be deleted by the high court in September 2018The high court had on September 29 2018 restrained the publisher and author of the book Godman to Tycoon from publishing it till the offending portions were deleted the judge had notedIn the October 23 2019 judgement the court had saidThus the content of the video to the extent it contains paraphrasing of content which was directed to be removed from the book is held to be defamatory A perusal of the video transcript and the offending portion of the book show the clear similarity and prima facie establish that the video is derived from the book and hence is defamatory In any event this issue is moot in as much as the video begins by stating that it is based on the book Thus the defamatory nature of the video cannot be disputed the court had said PTI SKV SA

New Delhi Oct 29 PTIAirIndiaFriday opposed before the Delhi High Court the reinstatement and payment of back wages to over 40 pilots saying that unless resignation is specifically made prospective it is effective immediately and a pilot cannot withdraw it subsequentlyUnless otherwise specified resignation is effective immediately There is no competence with pilots to withdraw on the ground that I am stillserving notice period Solicitor General Tushar Mehta representingAirIndia told a bench headed by Justice Rajiv ShakdherThe bench also comprising Justice Talwant Singh reserved its judgement on a batch of appeals by Air India against a single judge order quashing the carriers decision to terminate the services of several pilots both permanent and on contract and directing their reinstatementIn its June 1 order the single judge had said that the back wages including allowances have to be paid at par with what in-service pilots were receiving and in accordance with the government rules The solicitor general said that there is no such notice period within which pilots can be said to have a right to right to withdraw their resignationOnce a resignation is tendered a pilot has to continue to work for six months in terms of the Civil Aviation Requirements in the public interest he addedLaw stipulates that resignation comes into effect when you tender it It is because of public interest that six months come into play Although the relationship severs he is supposed to work for six months For training a pilot ahuge amount goes into it You cant say I wont come from tomorrow the solicitor general saidThe solicitor general also said that the service conditions for pilots are industry-specific and need not apply even to the ground staffEarlier pilots had argued that Air Indias stand could not be accepted as a resignation is prospective which comes into effect after a mandatory six-month notice periodIt was pointed out that in certain instances before the court in the present batch of appeals the withdrawal of resignation was even accepted by Air IndiaThe pilots had moved to the high court afterAirIndiarefused to accept the withdrawal of their resignations and terminated their employmentPTI ADS RKS RKS

New Delhi [India], August 18 (ANI): Air India on Wednesday approached the Delhi High Court challenging a single judge's order setting aside Air India's decision, terminating services of several pilots, and ordering reinstatement of all pilots.