The Tale of Two Laws — Does the DPDPA Dilute RTI Act?
by S. Chandrasekhar* and Aman Varma**
privacy
Delhi HC quashes FIR in POCSO case considering victim’s privacy and her future prospects including marriage; directs accused to do community service
The Court noted that the complainant (‘victim’) and her mother, were currently exploring matrimonial prospects, and that the pendency of a criminal case might result as a serious impediment to her future opportunities and personal relationships.
From Ghibli trend to Attention Economy, Madhavi Divan addresses growing concerns at release of ‘Informational Privacy: Constitutional and Common Law Remedies’
EBC celebrated the release of ‘Informational Privacy: Constitutional and Common Law Remedies’ by Nina Rohinton Nariman, with Justice (Retd.) V. Ramasubramanian, as Chief Guest and Sr. Adv. Madhavi Goradia Divan as Guest of Honour.
‘Want our own privacy intact but interested in others through social media’: Justice V. Ramasubramanian at release of ‘Informational Privacy: Constitutional and Common Law Remedies’
EBC published Nina Rohinton Nariman’s ‘Informational Privacy: Constitutional and Common Law Remedies’.
Kerala HC directs State to formulate guidelines for ensuring complainant’s anonymity from public domain during inquiry under POSH Act
Recognising the right to privacy as one of the fundamental rights of an individual, the Court noted that a complainant raising such grievances is entitled to ensure that her identity and whereabouts are kept anonymised from the public domain.
Call for Papers | MNLU Mumbai’s Symposium on AI: Privacy, Security & IPR [5th April, 2025]
MNLU Mumbai in association with the Centre for Information Communication Technology and Law, the Centre for Advanced Legal Training and Research, and
India’s Leap Towards an Era of Privacy: MeitY Releases Draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules
by Harsh Walia* and Vanshika Lal**
Legal Ramifications of a Data Breach Discussed in Light of the Star Health and Allied Insurance Breach
by K.P. Hemanth Kumar*, B. Barathan** and K.P. Pramodh Kumar***
Career in Tech Policy Unpacked: In conversation with Kriti Trehan
Interviewed by K V Vinaya
Justice K.S Puttaswamy, a dedicated champion of Privacy Rights in India, passes away
Late Justice K.S. Puttaswamy played a crucial role in the recognition of the Right to Privacy as a fundamental right.
Obligation to insert fingerprints into the storage medium of ID cards is compatible with objectives of combatting the production of false ID cards: ECJ
The ECJ stated that obligation to insert fingerprints into the storage medium of identity cards constitutes a limitation of the fundamental right to privacy and protection of personal data, which are guaranteed by the ECHR.
75 Landmark Constitutional Law Judgments in 2023 by the Supreme Court of India [Part II of III]
by Siddharth R. Gupta*
Cite as: 2024 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 10
Opening/retaining history sheets, which interferes with right to privacy, should be done adhering to parameters inbuilt in the Police Rules: J&K and Ladakh HC
If an officer, mechanically, under the guise of prevention of crime and to protect others, opens or extends history sheets, it impacts the right to privacy of not only the individual against whom the order is passed, but also causes harm to other person’s rights.
Govt’s failure to realise its positive obligation to set-up alternate framework to recognise same-sex relationship violates Hong Kong Bill of Rights
The Court with a majority of 3:2 issued a declaration acknowledging the need of same-sex couples for access to an alternative legal framework in order to meet basic social requirements
Judicial Innovation: Devising Effective Court Management Strategies for Addressing Arrears and Pendency in Indian Courts
by Shubham Pandey* and Uday Shankar**
Delhi High Court issues directions and recommendations to MEITY and Delhi Police to deal cases regarding Non-consensual intimate images dissemination
There is an abysmal absence of a collaborative effort that should ideally be undertaken by the intermediaries and the State.
Pricing Algorithm in Competitive Law
by Sankalp Mirani
Karnataka HC | A third party’s privacy cannot be permitted to be violated on the specious plea of a husband seeking to prove his wife’s illicit relationship
A Family Court order allowed a husband to seek mobile tower record details of the petitioner’s mobile number, so that he can prove the existence of illicit relations between the petitioner and his wife. The Karnataka HC sternly quashed the same citing violation of petitioner’s Right to Privacy
Madras High Court |Duty of the law enforcing agencies to be more vigilant in curbing the social media menace and maintain the social decorum and harmony in society
The citizens, through the various social media platforms cause havoc to the nation and degrade the credibility and respect which the other countries around the globe have on Mother India
Madhya Pradesh High Court | ‘Violation of individual privacy’; Request for DNA test denied in property dispute
Madhya Pradesh High Court: G.S. Ahluwalia, J. dismissed a petition which was filed against the order passed by Twelfth Civil