journal

Analysis

Monthly Review: August 2023

In August, amid constitutional benches and regular hearings, the SC continued to push major institutional reforms.

Akhil Jitheesh

27th Sep 2023

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Analysis

Restricted Information: Six significant judgements from the last decade

Backdoor legislative tweaks, sluggish e-portals, mixed messaging from courts—India’s once-vaunted RTI framework is losing its bite.

Sushovan Patnaik

5th Sep 2023

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Analysis

Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023: A missed opportunity for horizontal equality

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 wasted an opportunity to bolster the right to privacy for marginalised and vulnerable groups.

Mihir R

23rd Aug 2023

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Analysis

Digital Data Protection Act 2023: Five Must Reads

SCO curates five pieces that cast a critical eye on the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023

Advay Vora

21st Aug 2023

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Analysis

The Need for a law on Data Protection

Apar Gupta argues that India should draft its own data protection legislation, learning from Europe's new data regime.

Ashwini Tallur

26th Mar 2018

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cases

Karmanya Singh Sareen v Union of India

The Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to WhatsApps privacy policy for violating the right to privacy. The policy permits WhatsApp to share data with Facebook and all its group companies for the purposes of commercial advertising and marketing.

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Next Hearing:

Last Updated: 20170607

Bench:K.M. Joseph J, Ajay Rastogi J, Aniruddha Bose J, Hrishikesh Roy J, C.T. Ravikumar J

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