Interplay between Right to Information and Right to Privacy
Bhumesh Verma, Managing Partner, Sayantan Dey, Legal and Compliance Professional and Ujjwal Agrawal, Student Researcher, Corp Comm Legal
Cite as: (2020) PL (CL) November 65
fundamental right
NGT | ‘Lack of funds no excuse for State’s failure to maintain clean environment which is a fundamental right’: Govt. of HP directed to take remedial steps to contain pollution
National Green Tribunal (NGT): Full Bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson) and Sheo Kumar Singh (Judicial Member), Satyawan Singh Garbyal and Dr
Jhar HC | No discrimination to be made if the nature of job is same and performance are same or similar, Principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ applied
Jharkhand High Court: S. N Pathak J., upheld the award applying the principle of equal pay for equal work. The facts of
Bom HC | Pension payable to employees upon superannuation is a ‘property’ under Art. 300-A & fundamental right to livelihood under Art. 21: Pension can’t be deducted without authority of law
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of R.K. Deshpande and N.B. Suryawanshi, JJ., while addressing an issue with regard to the deduction of
Cal HC | Press Reporter has a fundamental right to publish any news, which may not be palatable to administration
Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Bibek Chaudhari and Soumen Sen, JJ., addressed a matter wherein a reporter published a story on
Bom HC | “Advocates, their staff are integral part of system dispensing fundamental right of access to justice”: Govt. to take informed decision on advocates request for inclusion in essential services
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and Sarang V. Kotwal, J., has advised the Maharashtra Government to take an informed
Guj HC | Gujarat Govt given directions to take stern and decisive actions in matters connected to private hospitals, migrants, protection of doctors and overall management of Covid-19 crisis
Gujarat High Court: Taking suo motu cognizance of the way private hospitals in the State of Gujarat are indulging in blatant profiteering
Utt HC | Bail granted in a case registered under POCSO Act where accused had no criminal history
Uttaranchal High Court: Alok Kumar Verma, J., allowed a bail application filed for grant of regular bail in connection with the offences
MP HC | Incorrect to state that right to hold property is a fundamental right; writ petition against a private individual not maintainable
Madhya Pradesh High Court: G.S. Ahluwalia, J. dismissed a writ petition filed by the petitioners claiming that the Additional Director General of
All HC | Right to shelter is a fundamental right, a right to all infrastructure necessary to live and develop as human being
Allahabad High Court: Surya Prakash Kesarwani, J. dismissed the present “PIL” while imposing an exemplary cost on the petitioner for abusing the
Ker HC | Student’s freedom to choose college of his/ her choice for pursuit of studies – an aspect of fundamental right to privacy guaranteed under Art. 21
Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of CJ Hrishikesh Roy and A.K. Jayashankaran Nambiar, J. opined that the students could not be
Raj HC | Husband seeking DNA test of child born to his wife must establish no access to his wife during the period of 9 months, beyond reasonable doubt
Rajasthan High Court: Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, J. dismissed a petition filed by a man who assailed the lower court’s order rejecting an
P&H HC | Financial difficulties of institution cannot be above the fundamental right of a citizen; Retirement benefit to be paid with interest if not released immediately on retirement
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. allowed the petition on the settled principle of law that financial difficulty cannot
Bom HC | Order of preventive detention quashed for deprivation of detenue’s fundamental right under Art. 21
Bombay High Court: A Bench of Sunil B. Shukre and Pushpa V. Ganedliwal, JJ. quashed a preventive detention order passed against the petitioner and
Kerala HC | Breaking| Ban on “Flash Hartals”; 7-day prior notice required
Kerala High Court: An order has been passed by the Court banning flash hartals in the wake of the series of hartals
Homophobia a ‘Poor Law’ of the Victorian era; Cross-dressing an expression of identity reiterating fundamental right: CCJ
Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ): A Five Judge Bench comprising of Saunders (President) and Wit, Barrow, Anderson, Rajnauth-Lee, JJ. allowed an appeal
Right to retire not supreme than Right to life: SC
Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Arun Mishra and S Abdul Nazeer, JJ., while addressing a matter, stated that “voluntary retirement” cannot be
SC issues interim directions for upkeep of Shri Jagannath Temple at Puri
Supreme Court: Addressing an issue of public importance relating to difficulties faced by visitors at Shri Jagannath Temple (Puri), the Bench comprising
Aadhaar Hearing [Day 23]: Aadhaar satisfies the conditions laid down by the 9-judge Bench in Privacy Judgment: AG
After Ajay Bhushan Pandey, the CEO of UIDAI, made a PowerPoint presentation before the 5-judge bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and Dr. AK Sikri,
Citizens cannot be forced to produce their Aadhaar to receive Government welfare schemes and benefits
Central Information Commission: The Commission recently dealt with a second appeal wherein the appellant contended that after having taken voluntary retirement from