Tag: Supreme-Court

Former CJIs, judges split over apex court judgement on RTI Act ambit.

Source – thehindu.com The landmark judgement delivered by the Supreme Court on Wednesday bringing the Chief Justice of India’s (CJI) office under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has former CJIs and former judges divided. While some say it brings in more transparency others are ‘sceptical about the repercussions’. Former CJI T.S. Thakur said, “The

Has the Delhi High Court effectively asked intermediaries to track user location data?

Source – medianama.com On 23rd October, 2019 the Delhi High Court passed a judgement on whether content take-down and blocking orders passed by it would be global in nature or would they be limited to operating in the territory of India. The court concluded that for content which was uploaded from India, they could direct global takedowns and

Govt clears Akil Kureshi’s elevation as Tripura high court’s chief justice.

Source – hindustantimes.com The law ministry has cleared the name of Justice Akil Kureshi of the Bombay High Court for elevation as the chief justice of the Tripura High Court, ending months of stand-off, a senior government official said on Thursday. The file is now pending before President Ram Nath Kovind for signing the warrant