Man Seeking Wife’s Call Records
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The husband cannot compel the wife to share her passwords of the cellphone or bank account and such an act would amount to a violation of privacy and potentially, domestic violence. There should be a balance between marital privacy and the need for transparency and at the same time trust in the relationship.”

removal of female advocate’s intimate videos
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The distribution and transmission of the video reached such an extent that the advocate was subjected to scrutiny about the video and its contents by various individuals including her clients and peers in the same profession.”

Secretly recorded spousal conversations
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Spousal communications were deemed privileged under Section 122 of Evidence Act for the purpose of protecting the sanctity of the marital relationship, and not for safeguarding individual privacy rights.”

phone tapping and right to privacy
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“This case raises seminal constitutional questions touching the scope of the right to privacy and the power of the Law Enforcement Agencies to resort to covert surveillance by tapping the mobile phones to obtain information regarding the commission of an alleged crime.”

Kerala High Court
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“Every man’s house is his castle or temple, the sanctity of which cannot be vilified by knocking on the door at odd hours. A person’s right to life encompasses the right to live with dignity and dignity is non-negotiable.”

Madhya Pradesh High Court
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“Merely admitting evidence on record is not proof of a fact-in-issue or a relevant fact… Admitting evidence is mere inclusion of evidence in record, to be assessed on a comprehensive set of factors, parameters and aspects, in the discretion of the court.”

Justice Pankaj Mithal
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Sitting Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice Pankaj Mithal began his career in law in the 1980s and subsequently went on to become Chief Justice of High Courts of J&K and Ladakh and Rajasthan.

Madhya Pradesh High Court
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“The right of personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India has held that unmarried woman has right to decide in respect of the pregnancy.”

Chhattisgarh High Court
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“If permission is granted to examine the Facebook or Instagram account of the prosecutrix and play the audio recording concerning the prosecutrix, then privacy of the prosecutrix may be compromised.”

Informational Privacy
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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.

Bombay High Court
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“Merely because the Central Board of Film Certification (‘CBFC’) certificate is obtained for the film, the same does not restrict the applicant’s right to take action against the film for violation of his rights.”

High Court Weekly Roundup
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Himachal Pradesh High Court
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The right to hold a telephone conversation in the privacy of one’s home/office without interference can certainly be claimed as a “Right to Privacy.”

Justice KS Puttaswamy passes away
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Late Justice K.S. Puttaswamy played a crucial role in the recognition of the Right to Privacy as a fundamental right.

Madhya Pradesh High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court held that “the prosecution of the petitioner is sugarcoated with ill-intention and made to belittle his image in the society.”

Bombay High Court
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“The legislative intent through Section 509 is to deter an action capable of shocking the sense of decency of a woman. The manner in which the offender shocks such sense of a woman is not restricted to oral abuse or gesture alone, but also include statements, speeches, exclamations, notes, all of which could be in a text form relayed whether physically or electronically.”

Independence Day
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Celebrating the 78th Independence Day by revisiting the most historical legal achievements of the country

Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The right to freedom of expression of the press in the present case must give way to the right to privacy of the plaintiff, especially when he has been exonerated of all the allegations leading to his honourable acquittal.

High Court Weekly Roundup
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Madras High Court
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Madras High Court made the Superintendent of Police of the District concerned responsible if the identity of the minor victim girl or the personal details are revealed to the outside world.