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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
Lakhimpur Kheri killings: Sessions Court rejects bail plea of Ashish Mishra, two others
Citing Lakhimpur violence as a “serious matter” the sessions court rejects the bail plea of Mishra and two other accused
SC Collegium recommends elevation of first openly gay judge to Delhi HC
Saurabh Kirpal has been recommended and deferred four time prior to this, purportedly on the flimsy grounds that his partner is a foreign national
Journalists Samriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha granted bail
They were detained in Assam on Sunday after a case was filed against them by the Tripura police for "spreading communal disharmony"
Term extension of ED, CBI chiefs: Centre playing puppet-master?
Move being condemned as yet another example of the regime's ploy to further undermine autonomy of investigative agencies
Air pollution: Is Delhi heading towards “pollution control” lockdown?
SC pulls up the state government, asks for a plan of action; Delhi orders work from home policy, ban on construction sites, no schools for a week
Lakhimpur Kheri case: SC directs UP gov’t to “upgrade” SIT with non-native higher-grade officers
The state government agreed to probe monitoring by a retired High Court judge
Nativist Drama
The chain of incidents in the firing case of December 12, also lays bare the hypocrisy and fraud of many who try to pass off as true-blue nationalists but exploit public sentiment to cozy up to those who wield power for personal gain
CBI authenticated Tehelka sting tapes, but SIT ignored them: Zakia Jafri to SC
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The tapes had right-wing leaders boasting having bombs and brutally killing people; were used to secure convictions in Naroda Patiya massacre case
Sitalkuchi firing: CISF personnel dodge CID questioning repeatedly
The CID submitted an interim report before the Calcutta High Court on November 11 stating how the men are yet to present themselves
SIT was only ‘SIT’ting, not investigating: Kapil Sibal in Zakia Jafri SLP
SIT not only failed to look into aspects like police officials concealing important records, but also readily accepted statements of accused without ‘tracking the footprint’ of such statements
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