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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
Free Teesta Setalvad: Noam Chomsky, American academics write to Supreme Court
Indian rights groups continue to hold solidarity meetings, demand Setalvad’s immediate release
Delhi violence case: Court penalises Prosecution for irrelevant witnesses
Court imposed costs worth Rs 5,000 on the Prosecution for disrespecting time of the court and public exchequer’s funds
Bhima Koregaon case: SC directs NIA court to decide on framing charges within three months
Court also directs that the trial of Vernon Gonsalves be segregated from that of other absconding accused
Lakhimpur Kheri: Farmers begin 75-hour protest demanding Ajay Mishra’s sacking
Mishra’s son Ashish, is a key accused in the killings of farmers in October last year; Ashish is out on bail, Mishra is still a Union Minister
Crime against women: Allahabad HC questions delay in registering cases
Court told the state government that sometimes it takes over six months to register a case
Over 6,000 Citizens Urge SC to Revoke Remission of Convicts in Bilkis Bano Case
PTI -
We demand that women’s faith in justice be restored, said a statement by grassroot workers, women’s orgnaisations, human rights activists among others.
Bhima Koregaon case: ED to question Surendra Gadling about allegedly funding Maoists
A special NIA court had granted permission to the ED to conduct questioning between Aug 17 and 19
Delhi HC expresses concerns over presence of CSA survivor at the time of POCSO bail hearings
Concerns about the possible impact of such allegedly forced interaction between the survivor and the alleged abuser have been raised by rights groups
Karnataka HC bats for Lokayukta, abolishes state’s Anti-Corruption Bureau
Court orders all cases pending with the ACB to be handed over to the Lokayukta
Kannauj: Police unmask mastermind behind incident of meat thrown outside temple
Kanchan Tripathi had allegedly paid two Muslim men to place meat outside a temple in an elaborate bid to have local SHO transferred
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