Supreme Court Directs APAAR Consent Form to Include Opt-Out Option; Restricts Disclosure of Student Data
The Supreme Court has directed that the APAAR consent form must expressly allow parents or guardians to refuse consent. The Court also
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Parents Get the Right to Refuse: SC Directs APAAR Consent Form to Include Opt-Out Option; Restricts Disclosure of Student Data Beyond Lawful Purposes
The Court directed that directions issued in Rohit Anand Das v. State of Odisha, 2025 SCC OnLine Ori 4535, regarding modification of the APAAR consent form should operate on a pan-India basis.
Bombay HC Awards ₹10,000 Compensation for Invasion of Privacy and Dignity After Police Entered Woman’s Bedroom Without Woman Constable; Tells State to Recover from Officers
Police entered a woman’s bedroom without a woman constable, seized her mobile phone without a seizure panchnama, and recorded no grounds in the case diary. Bombay HC holds both the search under Section 185 and the seizure under Section 105 of the BNSS violated mandatory procedure and Article 21 of the Constitution.
Delhi High Court Protects Ravi Kishan’s Personality Rights; Restrains AI-Generated Deepfakes and Unauthorised Online Exploitation
Delhi High Court held that Ravi Kishan’s name, image, likeness, voice, and other distinctive personality attributes constitute valuable personality rights deserving legal protection. Granting an ex parte ad interim injunction, the Court restrained the unauthorised use of his identity, including through AI-generated content and deepfakes, and directed the removal of objectionable online material.
SC Upholds Delhi HC’s Order Allowing Wife to Obtain Husband’s Hotel and Call Records to Prove Adultery in Divorce Proceeding
The Delhi High Court had held that seeking hotel stay and call record details to prove the charge of adultery would not violate right to privacy.
Right to Be Forgotten Is a Facet of Article 21: In-Depth Analysis of Delhi HC’s Comprehensive Framework on De-Indexing, Masking and Informational Privacy in the Digital Age
In a 144-page ruling on 35+ petitions, Justice Sachin Datta held that the right to be forgotten is a constitutional right under Article 21, allowing acquitted persons, discharged accused, matrimonial dispute parties and sexual offence victims to seek de-indexing of judicial records from name-based search results globally, while declining relief for convicted persons, public figures, and cases involving ongoing public interest.
Justice Pankaj Mithal Bids Adieu to the Supreme Court: A throwback to His Dedicated Journey & Distinguished Career
Justice Pankaj Mithal began his career in law in the 1980s and subsequently went on to become Judge at the Supreme Court of India.
No “Larger Public Interest”; Wife Cannot Use RTI to Access Husband’s Income Tax Details in Matrimonial Disputes: Delhi High Court
“The parties shall be at liberty to take all remedies available in law for requiring the other spouse to place on record the affidavit as mandated under Rajnesh v. Neha, (2020) 2 SCC 324.”
Rajasthan High Court Quashes FIR Based on Illegal Telephone Tapping and Search Conducted Before Registration of Case
“The arrest made before the registration of FIR, on the basis of illegal telephone tapping and unauthorized search and seizure, held to be illegal and unconstitutional.”
Bombay High Court Protects Kartik Aaryan’s Personality Rights and Trademark; Directs Removal of Infringing Content Upon Intimation
“Such unauthorized use does not only lead to unjust commercial enrichment but also infringes on the individual personality rights and in cases of a pornographic content tarnish the plaintiff’s reputation and goodwill.”
Interfaith live-in relationships are legal, right to choose partner covered under Art. 21: Allahabad HC grants relief to 12 interfaith live-in couples
“The right to human life is to be treated on a much higher pedestal, regardless of a citizen’s religious belief. The mere fact that the petitioners are living in an interfaith relationship would not deprive them of their fundamental right as envisaged in the Constitution, being citizens of India.”
Delhi HC protects personality rights of Telugu actor Akira Nandan; halts release of AI film using his identity
Defendant 1 had created and circulated AI-morphed content of the plaintiff including a movie titled ‘AI Love Story’
Delhi High Court passes John Doe order protecting Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan’s Personality Rights
The grievance of the plaintiff arose from the manufacture, sale, promotion, and distribution of merchandise such as T-shirts, posters, mugs, keychains, and other products bearing his name, photographs, likeness, and persona, without authorisation.
Bombay High Court orders immediate takedown of AI-generated deepfake content infringing Shilpa Shetty Kudra’s privacy and dignity
“A person’s much less a woman’s dignity cannot be publicly maligned or defamed that too without consent which is the sine qua non for such publications.”
Continued online circulation of arrest reports after discharge violates Right to Dignity; Delhi High Court upholds interim de-indexing against Media House
While the media enjoys freedom of speech and expression, but such right is not absolute and stands correspondingly delimited by the right of an individual to dignity and reputation.
Right to privacy of students protected: Orissa High Court directs inclusion of refusal clause in APAAR ID Scheme
“If it is intended to be a voluntary act, appropriate provisions clearly specifying such fact ought to have been incorporated in the form by providing option to the parents to refuse to submit their consent or to opt out of it entirely.”
Mandatory services & package rate display; No denial of emergency aid: Kerala HC upholds State Clinical Establishments Act
“The Act does not create new constraints; rather, it operationalises the constitutional duties through a registration-cum-standards regime, a transparency mandate, and enforceable minimum requirements for emergency care and stabilisation.”
Production of Call Details in Criminal Trial prevails over Police Privacy Rights; Accused to prove necessity: Punjab and Haryana High Court
“It enables the Court to secure important documentary evidence that may be in the possession of individuals or organization and helps prevent the destruction, tampering or loss of crucial documents, thereby maintaining the integrity of the judicial process.”
MeitY introduces SOP mandating 24-Hour Deadline for Takedown of Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery
Read about MeitY’s SOP mandating a 24-hour deadline to remove non-consensual intimate imagery online, empowering victims to reclaim their digital dignity.
No DNA Test unless Section 112 Presumption of Legitimacy is rebutted and paternity question linked to offence: Inside Supreme Court Ruling
“Scientific procedures, however advanced, cannot be employed as instruments of speculation; they must be anchored in demonstrable relevance to the charge and justified by compelling investigative need.”