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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

Elgar Case: Special NIA Court Denies Bail to Activist Gautam Navlakha

Navlakha pleas says he has been in jail since April 14, 2020, and there was no need to keep him in custody as the probe into the case has been completed.

Signatures collected in support of justice for Bilkis Bano to be sent to the Chief Justice of India

Citizens’ signatures were collected to demand cancellation of remission of sentence granted by Gujarat Government to 11 people convicted in the Bilkis Bano case

Teesta Setalvad freed!

Released from Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Jail on Saturday night

Essential ingredients of investigation, including custodial interrogation, have been completed: SC on granting Teesta Setalvad interim bail

Order sheds light on key observations of the court and the reasoning behind the order

Centre opposes Twitter’s plea to set aside blocking orders under Section 69A of the IT Act

Says Twitter is habitually non-compliant and does not have the authority to decide whether a content threatens national security

Scheduled Caste Reservation: Supreme Court asks Centre to explain its stand on converted Dalits within three weeks

Court pulls up Centre for not filing a response during the long gap of 18 years

Teesta Setalvad granted interim bail by Supreme Court

Court grants relief till bail application is heard by Gujarat High Court

Rape accused allegedly rapes survivor again upon being granted bail

Accused was booked under POCSO and the Indian Penal Code, and arrested again

Kashmiri Pandits’ killing: SC to hear plea seeking SIT probe

A bench of Justices BR Gavai and CT Ravikumar will hear a petition filed by NGO

What Case Against Teesta Setalvad Means for Protest in India

It tells civil society and opposition outfits to join hands and raise democratic movements to push back Hindutva forces.

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Bhagat Singh sent to gallows once again!

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Intrusive and Unconstitutional: CJP’s dissent note on Maharashtra’s Anti-Conversion Law

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Telangana: Safeguard lakhs of Hamali workers, set by welfare board, citizens groups

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Delhi, Mumbai: Media organisations sharply criticise UNI eviction

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Denigration of martyrs like Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev – a peep into RSS archives

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