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Data is real, true wealth: SC issues notice in yet another plea challenging DPDP Act; highlights privacy concerns
This petition, filed by journalist Geeta Seshu, along with the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) that also challenges the constitutional validity of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 will now be heard with other petitions filed in the matter by Reporter’s Collective, Nitin Sethi and Venkatesh Nayak, on March 23
Controversial CAA 2019 challenge in SC on December 6, Centre urges non-interference in its ‘legislative competence’
Even as the Supreme Court adjourned the hearing of 232 petitions challenging Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 to December 6, the Modi-led centre urged the court to dismiss all challenges
SC to hear pleas challenging validity of CAA on December 6
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Allahabad HC dismisses 45 anticipatory bails in a single day, SC demands report
Supreme Court Bench: “This kind of approach in passing orders is not acceptable by this Court at any cost.”
Jamia Violence 2019: Division Bench headed by Justice Sidharth Mridul to hear the petitions against police brutality in Jamia
SC urges Delhi HC for early hearing in the case, petitions to be heard along with hate speech case
‘Married woman told to do household work will not be seen as maid servant’: Bombay HC
While quashing a FIR filed against husband and family, the Bombay HC remarked that household work done for the family does not make the wife a maid
Should any person saying “Murdabad” be behind bars, asks senior advocate Mihir Desai critiquing recent judgements denying bail
The misinterpretation of terms like ‘comrade’ even in the judiciary makes it hard for advocates of personal liberty says the advocate speaking on recent judicial orders staying acquittal of professor GN Saibaba and refusing bail to Umar Khalid and Jyoti Jagtap
When speeches are given a criminal colour & ‘conspiracy’ charges used to incarcerate: Gautam Bhatia on Umar Khalid, Jyoti Jagtap bail orders
Analysing a few recent judgements where constitutional courts have denied bail interpreting sections of the controversial UAPA, the PUCL brought together legal practioners on this crucial question
Supreme Court declines Amnesty International plea against ED’s freezing of bank accounts
The Supreme Court, in a recent order, declined to...
Right to Education under attack: Are the Courts misguided in treating the hijab ban case as simply a religious issue?
While the Karnataka High Court focused on the Essential Religious Practice issue, Justice Dhulia brings education of girl child into focus
Azam Khan gets three years in jail for hate speech against Yogi Adityanath
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Currently serving as a lawmaker from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, Khan is a top leader of the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi party.
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