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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
Gauhati HC stays order to register FIR against Assam CM for inflammatory remarks about eviction drive
Himanta Biswa Sarma had said that the Darrang eviction drive was revenge for the 1983 Assam agitation
Uttarakhand HC recognises difference between Hate Speech and Free Speech
Refusing bail to Jitendra Tyagi alias Waseem Rizvi, the Uttarakhand HC has balanced the right to individual liberty and a community’s right to live with security and dignity
Delhi Violence: Court dismisses Gulfisha Fatima, Tasleem Ahmed’s bail pleas
Ahmed and Fatima, with several other activists, students and lawyers, have been booked under the UAPA, in the infamous FIR 59/2020
Delhi HC allows re-opening Nizamuddin Markaz for Shab-E-Baraat
The High Court bench observed that the management will ensure proper social distancing guidelines and does not deserve exhaustive conditions for re-opening
Delhi Violence: Ishrat Jahan granted bail in wider conspiracy case
The advocate and political activist has been languishing behind bars for 25 months
HC grants bail to former IPS officer Amitabh Thakur
Arrested on August 27, 2021, after a rape victim died by suicide, accusing him of protecting accused, BSP MP Atul Rai
SC slams State, issues notice for protection of witnesses in Ashish Mishra case
UP state to ensure witness protection and file counter affidavit by March 24, 2022
Walkouts, objections, after Karnataka HC verdict on Hijab, but BJP netas hail it
Students of a Govt PU college in Karnataka walked out in protest, boycotting classes and exams as soon as the Karnataka high court pronounced its verdict
Jitendra Tyagi’s Dharam Sansad hate speech intended to wage war: Uttarakhand High Court
The Court said that the freedom of speech is not an absolute right and is subject to limitations contained in Article 19(2) of the Constitution
SC to hear plea challenging Ashish Mishra’s bail tomorrow
Ever since he was enlarged on bail, his supporters have grown bolder and even brutally attacked an eye-witness in the Lakhimpur-Kheri massacre
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