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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
Bilkis Bano case: SC issues notice in petition challenging remission of convicts’ sentences
Subhashini Ali, Revati Laul and Prof. Roop Rekha Verma had moved petition demanding cancellation of remission granted
Gyanvapi case: Judgment with respect to maintainability of suit expected on September 12
Hearings have concluded before the district court
Teesta Setalvad bail: SC reminds State of petitioner being behind bars
State seeks more time to make corrections to response to the human rights defender’s plea for interim relief
ED a ‘vengeful complainant’: Mumbai PMLA court
The PMLA court refers to the ED as a "vengeful complainant".
SC forbids Mumbai Metro from cutting trees in Aarey colony
Matter to be heard on August 30 as counsel for the Maharashtra government sought time to collate documents
Hathras Case: Journalist Siddique Kappan moves SC seeking bail
Supreme Court agreed to hear the matter on August 26
Delhi Violence: Prosecution opposes Umar Khalid’s bail plea claiming protests were planned in detail
Prosecution says Shaheen Bagh protest was not an independent movement driven by Muslim women, and protests were planned in close proximity to Masjids
Karnataka: Bengaluru Students, Activists Raise Voice for Bilkis Bano
Protesters demand immediate withdrawal of remission of 11 convicts by Gujarat government who were sentenced to life imprisonment for gang-rape during the 2002 communal violence.
Signature campaign demanding justice for Bilkis Bano on Mumbai’s trains
First person account of the experience of concerned citizens and rights activists as they talked to commuters on Mumbai's local trains on August 21, about the Bilkis Bano case, and gathered signatures against the remission of sentence granted to the convicts
Azaan on loudspeakers does not violate fundamental rights of people of other faiths: Karnataka HC
The Court's observations come at a time when there have been repeated instances of right-wing fundamentalists targeting the Muslim call to prayer
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