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Delhi High Court weekly round-up: bail denied, FIRs quashed, Meta ordered to takedown AI videos
Delhi High Court weekly round-up: bail denied, FIRs quashed, Meta ordered to takedown AI videos
The Delhi High Court denied bail to former AAP MLA Naresh Balyan under MCOCA, citing his nexus with an alleged syndicate. It quashed FIRs against AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar for a 2021…
The Story in Brief
The Delhi High Court denied bail to former AAP MLA Naresh Balyan under MCOCA, citing his nexus with an alleged syndicate. It quashed FIRs against AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar for a 2021 Tiranga Yatra held during COVID-19 restrictions. The court also directed Meta to takedown two AI-generated videos linking former Union Minister Saleem Iqbal Shervani to gangster Atiq Ahmed. A division bench ordered MCD to run a pilot sterilisation camp for stray dogs, ensuring no dogs are sent to pounds or killed. Separately, the court held that NIA courts must individually assess threats before declaring witnesses 'protected' under UAPA.
The Indian Opinion
The Delhi and Bombay High Courts this week cut through the noise on several fronts. The blanket witness protection orders under UAPA were rightly checked, security cannot be a rubber stamp. Separately, the court upheld the MCOCA case against former AAP MLA Naresh Balyan, showing no political shield. The FIR quashing for a 2021 Tiranga Yatra is a reasonable nod to changing pandemic norms. Meta was told to takedown AI-generated defamatory videos, a necessary boundary for deepfakes. The real test will be how quickly MCD's pilot sterilisation camp actually launches.
Sources (2): livelaw.in, livelaw.in (2)
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