Jitendra Kumar Mehta challenges ED’s move to seize and examine his mobile phone in the I-PAC case. SC issues notice to ED but refuses interim relief to petitioner.
Internet Freedom Foundation calls it a welcome development, adds 'we should treat this as cautious optimism, not closure, until formal legal direction is published'.
Non-removable state-run app on each device will attract scrutiny from users, civil society, global manufacturers, in experts' view. 'No clear, technical justification for mandate,' they say.
Govt has notified Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, with Data Protection Board to be set up immediately. Rollout of law has drawn cheer but concerns remain.
Late Shah Bano’s daughter argues the movie distorts her public image & must not be released. Various courts have previously held that there's no right to privacy or personality after death.
Reversing Punjab & Haryana HC order, Supreme Court said act of snooping itself was evidence of a deteriorating marriage & thus could not be ignored during legal proceedings.
HC had ruled that installation of CCTV cameras inside a shared ancestral home without consent of co-occupants violates fundamental right to privacy under Article 21 of Constitution.
The top court ruled that DNA tests must be ordered only if there is ‘eminent need’, as it could lead to 'collateral infringement of privacy' of the person against whom it is sought.
Justice Puttaswamy passed away Monday at 98. In 2012, he challenged UPA’s Aadhaar scheme, saying its framework violated right to privacy. His efforts led to SC's Right to Privacy verdict.
DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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