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The Supreme Court has started a suo motu case to review the Allahabad High Court’s (‘AHC’) decision, holding that grabbing minor’s breast and breaking the string of minor victim’s lower garment is not rape and therefore, downgrading the charges from rape to lesser offenses.

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, answering a Parliamentary Question asked in Lok Sabha, revealed that the Competition Commission of India (‘CCI’) investigated 35 cartelisation cases over the past five years, with the most cases in the Miscellaneous Sector (18). Further, it stated that the CCI introduced measures like the “lesser penalty plus” and “Hub & Spoke” to efficiently deal with anti competitive practices in the relevant market.

U.S. District Judge dismissed part of a lawsuit, which accused Google to have been misleading investors about its digital advertising and privacy practices. The lawsuit claimed Google manipulated ad auctions, however, the Judge ruled investors lacked sufficient evidence of securities fraud.

The Supreme Court holds that under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, a person does not have to be named as an accused in a complaint under Section 44 of the Act to attract Section 8(3)(a). It is enough if there is a complaint accusing someone of committing an offense under section 3.

The Supreme Court ruled that although the delays in legal proceedings cannot be condoned without valid reasons, the merits of the case cannot be disregarded solely on the grounds of limitation.

The Supreme Court of India (‘SC’) observed that a wrong description of the offending vehicle cannot be treated as a ground to dismiss a rightful claim, when the registration number of the offending vehicle and other details are correct.

The Competition and Markets Authority, U.K. (‘CMA’) imposed a fine of Rs. £4,240,356 on sports broadcast and production companies, viz. BT Group, IMG, ITV and BBC, for sharing sensitive information about fees for freelance workers such as camera operators and sound technicians.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, US (‘Appellate Court’) upheld the ruling of the District Court of Columbia (‘DC Court’) which, deciding on copyrighting the works created by artificial intelligence (AI), held that human authorship is the bedrock of requirement of a copyright. The Appellate Court reaffirmed the DC Court’s decision that AI works cannot be copyrighted.

The Supreme Court (‘SC’) criticized Patna High Court’s order which imposed condition on the anticipatory bail granted to the accused that upon filing of chargesheet, the bail would be cancelled and accused would be arrested. Accordingly the SC modified the order directing the accused to appear before the trial court, within three weeks from the date of the order of SC, during which period the anticipatory bail shall continue.

The Competition Commission of India (‘Commission’) carried out raids on major global advertising agencies, viz. GroupM, Interpublic, Publicis, and Dentsu, investigating allegations of price fixing within the industry ahead of Indian Premier League (‘IPL’) cricket season. The Commission interrogated media executives, reviewed emails and seized data in the investigation.