Law & Justice

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

Karnataka: Police Detain Chief Seer of Lingayat Mutt for Alleged Sexual Abuse of Minors

Two minor girls have accused the seer of 'sexually abusing' them for nearly couple of years and others of allegedly cooperating with the act.

Supreme Court refuses to extend interim bail granted to Jitendra Tyagi, asks him to surrender

Court refused to extend Interim medical bail granted on May 17

Siddique Kappan’s bail plea: Supreme Court issues notice

Court sets the date for disposal on September 9

Hijab Ban case: Supreme Court pulls up petitioners for seeking adjournment

Supreme Court has set the next hearing date set to September 5

Rectify this horrendously wrong decision: Ex-bureaucrats to SC on remission to convicts in Bilkis Bano case

134 former civil servants under the aegis of Constitutional Conduct Group urge Supreme Court to revoke remission of sentence granted to convicts

UP: 26 booked for holding ‘unlawful’ assembly for namaz at home

Pictures of people purportedly praying inside the house in 'large numbers' at Dulhepur village had gone viral on social media

Bilkis Bano: Hundreds Gather at Jantar Mantar Against Remission of Sentence to 11 Convicts

Protests were held across cities by rights groups, academicians and students.

Delhi Police deny permission to Munawar Faruqui’s show

There were possibilities that the VHP would protest against the show

Remission to Bilkis Bano’s Rapists Offends Gandhi’s Ideas of Swaraj

There are many reasons why the remission in the Bilkis Bano rape-murder cases stand apart. Not least is the need to bring consistency in the State’s words and deeds, and correct arbitary actions.

Trending

Related VIDEOS

ALL STORIES

ALL STORIES

Proposed Amendments to Gujarat Marriage Registration Rules Unconstitutional: NAJAR, NAPM

Members of National Alliance for Justice, Accountability and Rights (NAJAR - Gujarat) - a pan Indian collective of progressive lawyers and law professionals and the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM Gujarat), along with many civil society organisations of the state have strongly objected to the proposed amendments to the Gujarat Registration of Marriages Rules, 2006, notified on February 20, 2026

Withdraw the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 NOW!

Sexual minority coalitions across the country and civil liberties groups have strongly opposed the 2026 Amendment to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill that dilutes and nullifies the 2019 law

“RTI Was Our Lifeline”: How the 2025 amendment impacts people at the grassroots level

Through a look at the grassroot uses of the path-breaking 2005 Right to Information Act, the authors examine how recent amendments have completely diluted if not nullified its impact on transparency in governance

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

Religious Freedom: How the USCIRF continues to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC)

For another year running, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has in strong recommendations, urged the US government to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), “for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA)”