What do Arnab Goswami’s WhatsApp Leaks Tell us About the State of our Democracy?
On 15 January, over a thousand pages of the charge-sheet filed by the Mumbai Police in the TRP scam case ...
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Centre says decriminalizing of adultery must not apply to the armed forces; SC issued notice on plea seeking court’s clarification
The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice on a plea filed by the Central Government seeking to clarify that a decision ...
Mandatory Publication of Notice of Intended Marriage Under Special Marriage Act Violates Right to Privacy; Allahabad holds it optional
The Allahabad High Court, in a significant judgment, has ruled that the requirement to give public notice for a marriage ...
Conversion just for sake of marriage may be ‘immoral’ but can’t be criminalized, says Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind; seeks impleadment in plea assailing “Love Jihad” law
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, a leading organizations of Islamic scholars belonging to the Deobandi school of thought, has approached the Supreme Court ...
How not to Outlaw Illegal Surveillance
The saga of the illegal enforcement of surveillance via a so-called ‘contact tracing’ app continues in court, writes VICKRAM CRISHNA. ...
PIL seeking restraint on government from deploying surveillance systems: Delhi HC issues notice to Centre
The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Central Government in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the ...
Inform DM of religious conversion or face jail; UP Governor signs off on Ordinance on marriage-related religious conversions
The Uttar Pradesh Governor Saturday promulgated an ordinance against marriage-related religious conversions, also called “Love Jihad” by leaders of the ...
Supreme Court Ruling Comes in Handy to Constrict the Fundamental Right to Information
An apex court judgement is being taken as a precedent to deny information conveniently categorised as personal. This conceals corruption ...
Officers invested with powers under NDPS Act are “police officers”; confessional statement made to them inadmissible as evidence, says SC in landmark ruling [Read Judgment]
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court Thursday held that officers appointed by Central and State agencies and are invested ...
Delhi HC issues notice to the Centre in a petition challenging the public notice provision in the Special Marriages Act
The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Central Government in a petition by an inter-faith couple challenging the ...
Kazi Syed Karimuddin: Relevance of Constituent Assembly Debates on Right to Privacy in Modern India
While right to privacy has been recognised under the constitution through the Puttuswamy judgment, the question is what were the ...
The Personal Data Protection Bill 2019: Do you have the Right to be Forgotten from the Internet?
Data, in a way, is the new gold. The pervasiveness of internet and technology into our lives has raised questions ...
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