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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

Asif Tanha bail plea: Delhi HC seeks unredacted witness statements from trial court

The orders on Tanha’s bail plea are still reserved while the court awaits relevant documents to be submitted

Allahabad HC refuses pre-arrest bail to PFI member for alleged remarks against Ayodhya temple

The accused was charged for promoting enmity based on a complaint that itself was allegedly based on hearsay that he spoke about protecting Babri Masjid

Delhi violence: Court grants stay in trial of case where complainant is also accused

The court has sought a response from the State, also the original case file from the trial court

Man who allegedly removed Sai Baba idol from Delhi temple, arrested

The idol was removed from a Shiv Mandir in Shahpur Jat on March 25, and has since been replaced by a Ganesh idol

Mumbai court takes cognisance of hate speech complaint against Payal Rohatgi 

The tweets in question were posted in June 2020 making objectionable comments about Muslim women and the Quran

Delhi HC raps govt for delay in paying salaries of employees

The court said that it will not pass any order that will continue to infringe the fundamental right of the employees to get their salaries and pensions

UP: More than a third of NSA cases about cow slaughter, majority quashed by HC

An investigation by the Indian Express into NSA cases in the state in the past two years reveals misuse of the law at the law enforcement and lower courts level

Bom HC orders another post mortem in custodial death of minor boy

The boy’s family insists that he died due to custodial torture inflicted upon him

The process itself is the punishment: HRF on NIA Raids

NIA had raised premises of several Adivasi, Dalit and human rights activists in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on April 1

Sessions court dismisses Kangana’s plea against Javed Akhtar’s defamation case

While the actress claimed violation of proper case proceedings, Mumbai’s court ruled that there was no irregularity in the process.

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