Law & Justice

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

Order a judicial probe into Delhi riots: Opposition leaders to President Kovind  

Senior Opposition leaders met President Ram Nath Kovind, and demanded judicial probe by sitting or retired Judge

SC asks states about CCTV cameras in police stations

The directions about CCTV cameras and an oversight committee were earlier issued in a 2018 case decided by the apex court

I should have remembered Gandhians have lost favour with this regime: Julio Ribeiro

Retired top-cop Ribeiro reads the riot act to, and shares policing lessons with  ‘brother officer’, Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava

Do not be scared, raise your voice against injustice: Dr Umar Khalid

Dr Umar Khalid recorded this video statement just before his arrest on Sunday

UP’s Special Security Force Act: The good, the bad, the ugly

A look into the provisions of the Act and what it entails

This ‘investigation’ is a criminal conspiracy by Delhi Police: Activists

Activists demand immediate end to the ‘investigation’ into the February 2020 communal violence and the setting up of a judicial enquiry commission to punish the real culprits and ensure justice

Babri Masjid demolition case: Verdict likely on September 30

The case is separate from the Ayodhya land dispute case, and is being heard by a special CBI court in Lucknow

1700 custodial deaths in a year, yet no anti-torture law!

The national tally for reported encounter deaths was 112, in a year

SC restrains Sudarshan News from telecasting “UPSC Jihad” show, calls it ‘insidious’

The court orally remarked that it was thinking of appointing a committee for suggesting standards for electronic media

Is BJP’s Kapil Mishra above the law of the land?

Mishra wants Umar Khalid to be hanged; seems confident of continued patronage and protection for himself

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