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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
SC: Statement to NDPS officers cannot be used as confession, evidence
The 2:1 judgment said that these officers are police officers and so confessions will not amount to admissible evidence
List Varavara Rao’s bail plea at the earliest: SC tells Bombay HC
The apex court noted that every prisoner’s health is important and the State must ensure that.
SC stays Delhi HC order refusing to extend bail of inmates
Earlier this month, the High Court had ordered the end of COVID bail and asked inmates to surrender from November onwards
Police cannot use power to summon to intimidate, harass, threaten: SC
The Apex Court said that it is entrusted with safeguarding the right to freedom of speech and expression guaranteed under the Constitution.
SC refuses to interfere in Devangana Kalita’s bail order
The Top Court said it is just a grant of bail and that she won’t run away with the evidence
Right to default bail can’t be nullified by post facto complaint: SC
The Supreme Court has held that an accused cannot be continuously detained on account of a report seeking time extension
Gujarat: Dalit boy allegedly dies at observation home in Khanpur
The youth’s family alleges the boy was tortured during his detention which eventually resulted in his death
CBI chargesheet confirms brutal torture on Jeyaraj and Bennicks
The CBI looked into material evidence from the Santhakulam PS and confirmed the use of wooden lathis by police officers.
Plea in Delhi HC seeks regulating news channels from broadcasting content on communal disharmony
Plea moved in the Delhi High court after right wing news channel Sudarshan TV's show Bindas Bol called Tanishq ad ‘advertisement jihad’
Bilkis Bano case: Is the Government trying to hoodwink the SC on compensation?
The 2002 riot-survivor alleges that despite repeated directions of the SC she has not been given her proper dues
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