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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
Is the UP administration using harsher sections of the law against Muslims, dissenters and activists?
UP slapped NSA charges on two accused in Kamlesh Tiwari’s murder, and also booked four teenagers under sedition for allegedly burning the tricolour for a TikTok video
Delhi Police agrees to release Safoora on humanitarian grounds; HC grants bail
At the last hearing, Delhi police had refused to make an exception for her pregnancy and presented strong grounds for keeping her in custody
Puri Rath Yatra: SC imposes curfew, strict conditions for conduct of festivities
The apex court allows only those who test negative for Covid-19 to take part in Rath Yatra. Meanwhile, Gujarat HC has taken a contrasting stand
No exception for pregnancy: Delhi police on Safoora Zargar’s bail plea
The status report filed by Delhi police alleges that Zargar is behind the ‘nefarious conspiracy’ that led to the Delhi riots and that pregnancy cannot become a consideration in such a heinous crime.
Why higher number of Muslims booked for lockdown violations: Telangana HC
The court asked Hyderabad police to file a fresh report, while observing loopholes in its counter affidavit
Will the Jagannath Rath Yatra be held this year?
The Supreme Court disallowed the yatra on June 18 but further developments in the case point at probable modification of the order
Covid-19: SC asks UP gov’t to inform about quarantine protocol of asymptomatic patients
The court told the state to not put asymptomatic patients in hospital
Karnataka HC grants conditional bail to ‘Bangladeshi’ father-daughter
They had been kept in judicial custody for over a year, the daughter has a minor child
Sikh man who served langar to protesters, named in Ratan Lal murder chargesheet
The Delhi High Court lawyer had reportedly sold his flat to feed protesters, but now finds his name mentioned as an alleged organiser of protests at Chand Bagh which led to rioting and murder of Head Constable Ratan Lal
CRPF personnel allegedly assault Adivasi villagers in Jharkhand
20 people injured, 7 seriously in West Singhbhum. All were allegedly pressured not to file an FIR.
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