Tag: Right To Privacy

Source – livemint.com New Delhi: The state is using Aadhaar as an “enabler of the citizens’ right to life including their right to food, livelihood, pension and other social assistance benefits”, the centre told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. In its opening argument in support of the 12-digit unique identification number, attorney general K.K. Venugopal said the

Source – hindustantimes.com A rare 9-judge bench of the Supreme Court said the right to privacy is not absolute, making its first observations on Wednesday as it began hearing on an issue that could have a sweeping impact on issues such as the Aadhaar scheme and the law criminalising homosexuality. Led by the Chief Justice of

Source – timesofindia.indiatimes.com Last week’s arguments before a nine-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court, which is at long last deciding whether Indian citizens have a fundamental right to privacy, have established two realities clearly. First, the judges see the profound importance of any decision to create such a fundamental right. Second, they would like to

Source – livemint.com New Delhi: With the Centre set to begin its defence against the constitutionality of the right to privacy on Wednesday, the Supreme Court awaits a fresh round of arguments surrounding privacy concerns. Opposition arguments are likely to be led by new attorney general K.K. Venugopal, who brings to the table more than five decades

Source – firstpost.com The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has appointed an expert group headed by former Supreme Court judge BN Srikrishna to draft a data protection law, Livemint has reported. This comes in the backdrop of the apex court hearing arguments in a batch of cases which will determine whether there is a fundamental right to privacy. The

Source – firstpost.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday indicated it may deliver its verdict on whether the right to privacy constitutes a fundamental right under the Constitution next week. A bench comprising Chief Justice JS Khehar and Justice DY Chandrachud said by next week the judgement on the status of right to privacy could be pronounced.

Source – thewire.in Over the course of the epoch-making case pending before the Supreme Court on the right to privacy in India, Attorney General K.K. Venugopal argued before the apex court that the right to privacy was an elitist concept and that in a country like India, ‘it is not fair and right to talk about right to

Source:- timesnownews.com The Supreme Court has on Thursday upheld the judgment and said that privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution of India. Here is the timeline of events: 1962: Kharak Singh vs State of Uttar Pradesh Khahrak Singh filed a petition after he was let off in a dacoity case due to lack

The Supreme Court of India has reportedly issued notices to Google and Twitter, in reference to the public interest litigation petition filed against the Internet behemoths over data privacy concerns by Pallav Mongia, an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court. The petition, according to sources, has raised concerns about the lack of control over data sharing