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In a major relief to Godaddy.com, the Delhi High Court has held that the fee received by the US firm for registration of domain names of third parties, which included its customers, cannot be treated as royalty under Income Tax Act, 1961.The case emanates from a 2016 assessment order by which assessing officer (AO) had made an addition in the income received by Godaddy.com from domain name registration services by construing the same as royalty under Section 9(1)(vi) of the 1961 Act. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with…

Published By: Paras YadavLast Updated: July 07, 2023, 18:54 ISTGo First will challenge the Delhi High Court’s ruling permitting its lessors to inspect the aircraft as there are inconsistencies with the order passed by the National Company Law Tribunal in the case, according to the grounded airline’s resolution professional.The cash-strapped budget carrier stopped flying from May 3 and is undergoing insolvency resolution process and aviation regulator DGCA is doing a special audit of the airline, which has sought approval…

Published By: Paras YadavLast Updated: July 04, 2023, 17:00 ISTAuto Rickshaw Drivers (Photo: News18 Kannada)The high court had earlier asked the government counsel to clarify whether khaki or grey coloured uniform is prescribed for auto drivers in the national capitalThe Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging mandatory uniforms for auto rickshaw and taxi drivers in the city. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad rejected the petition and orally observed that…

Image Source : FILE Karnataka HC rejects Twitter's plea, imposes Rs 50 Lakh penalty The Karnataka High Court has rejected a plea from Twitter, a popular social media platform, challenging the centre's orders to remove certain tweets and accounts. In addition, the court has imposed a penalty of Rs 50 lakh (approximately $66,500) on Twitter for its conduct. The…

The US Supreme Court sided with free speech advocates Tuesday in ruling that a man's online harassment of a country singer could only be deemed illegally threatening if he knew it could be understood as such.The high court overruled the Colorado conviction of Billy Counterman for making what the western US state deemed threats among the thousands of unwelcome Facebook messages he sent to country singer Coles Whalen from 2014 to 2016. True threats are not protected by the US Constitution's guarantee of free speech rights.…

Several startups including Unacademy, Kuku FM, TrulyMadly and QuackQuack have moved the Madras High Court challenging Google’s notice asking them to either adopt the company’s mandated billing route or risk being removed from its Play Store, people aware of the development said.These companies join the likes of Matrimony.com and Shaadi.com which have already approached the high court challenging Google’s billing policies and seeking relief.Matrimony.com chief executive Murugavel Janakiraman told ET that Google has been…

More companies may be planning to take the legal route against Google. According to a report in Economic Times, several startups including Unacademy, Kuku FM, TrulyMadly and QuackQuack have moved the Madras High Court challenging Google’s notice asking them to either adopt the company’s mandated billing route or risk being removed from its Play Store. The report quotes people aware of the development. With this, these companies join the likes of Matrimony.com and Shaadi.com which have already approached the high court…

Shah Rukh Khan has made his fans go gaga with the release of Pathaan. He has garnered immense love with a huge box office collections that are as high as ₹500 crore. And now, when everyone is eagerly waiting for his upcoming movie titled Jawan, the clippings of the film have been reportedly leaked on social networking platforms like Twitter and Facebook. As per reports, the Delhi High Court has asked social media platforms to take down all the clips of the film. It has even ordered that Jawan film clippings not be…

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Bengaluru, The Centre has submitted to the Karnataka High Court that American microblogging platform Twitter cannot take protection under Article 19 of the Constitution which ensures freedom of speech and expression.The Article 19 of the Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and expression to Indian citizens and not to foreigners and foreign entities, the Additional Solicitor General (South) R. Sankaranarayanan representing the central government submitted to the High Court on Thursday.Twitter had challenged the…