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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
CRPF to provide protection to victims family in Hathras case: SC
The 3 Judge Bench also directed the HC to look into all aspects of the case as raised in the PIL and intervention applications and erase all mention of the identity of the victim and her family from the previous High Court order and to wait for the CBI investigation to finish before thinking about transferring the trial to Delhi.
Allahabad HC to monitor probe in Hathras case: SC
The apex court also directed that all mention of victim’s identity as well as her family be removed from the HC order
Right to free speech does not mean a licence to promote hate speech: Editors Guild of India
Guild tells Republic TV to behave responsibly, asks police to ensure investigation does not become a tool to suppress media rights
No proof for UAPA charges, accused deserves bail: Delhi HC
The court observed that the investigating agency’s report does not disclose the commission of UAPA offences except some bald statements of the witnesses to keep Faizan in jail.
Act is being misused against innocent persons: Allahabad HC on UP law against cow slaughter
The High Court was hearing the bail plea of a man who was accused of taking a cow for slaughter
NRI quota in NLU are dubious, ‘reservation for elite’: Orissa HC
In a pathbreaking judgement, a Division Bench of the Orissa High has observed that the NRI/NRI Sponsored quotas are an affront to meritorious kids; and a dubious category of quota is like ‘reservation for the elite’ and hence unconstitutional
Death Penalty for Rape: Karnataka HC
Observing that an attack on anybody’s daughter is an attack on ‘our own daughter’, the division bench made this suggestion keeping in mind the issue of women’s safety, to curb this menace in the society, as rape is a ‘crime against the entire society’ and not just the victim.
Medical corroboration in rape cases not pre-requisite, bail denied to accused: MP HC
The Single Bench has held that delay in filing FIR by the victim is no ground to throw away the prosecutrix’s case and that medical corroboration is not an absolute necessity while assessing gang rape cases.
Books, winter clothes, fresh air for Umar Khalid; but it took a Court to direct police to do so
Khalid had told court he was being treated like a zoo animal in solitary confinement, court tells police to give him what he needs, extended judicial judicial remand till November 20
Bhima Koregaon case: Stan Swamy’s bail plea rejected
83-year-old tribal rights activist Fr S`tan had sought interim bail on health grounds, however the special court rejected the plea
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