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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. The Supreme Court of India laid down new guidelines Monday on the circumstances of DNA testing to ascertain the paternity of a child while adjudging a divorce proceeding.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In their joint letter, HRW detailed the deteriorating human rights situation in India and pointed out the EU’s reluctance to publicly condemn these actions. Authorities also violated privacy rights by using spyware to monitor activists and political opponents.

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MARCH 23, 2021

The Central Government of India has urged the Delhi High Court to restrain WhatsApp Inc. from implementing its contentious new privacy policy that has drawn criticism from regulatory bodies, digital rights advocates and general citizens alike.

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AUGUST 19, 2022

As the global data privacy law patchwork continues to expand, companies need to think beyond the U.S. and European Union and ensure they're paying attention to places such as India and Canada, which are inching toward enacting laws with major penalties and tight data transfer restrictions.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

India Staff Correspondent Sambhav Sharma and India Chief Correspondent Neelabh Bist offer their perspective on the legal issues surrounding the recent high-profile arrest and detention of Bollywood celebrity heir Aryan Khan on illegal drug charges. This is noteworthy as 70% of the prisoners in India are under-trials.

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OCTOBER 24, 2021

The Government of India Friday filed an affidavit before the Delhi High Court averring that foreign commercial entities such as WhatsApp cannot challenge the constitutionality of Indian laws by invoking fundamental rights under the Indian Constitution. The government has asked the court to dismiss WhatsApp’s petition.

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DECEMBER 19, 2021

India’s Joint Parliamentary Committee Thursday published its report on the 2019 Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill in both houses of Parliament. The post India parliament committee publishes report on data protection bill appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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AUGUST 2, 2021

India Staff Correspondent Sambhav Sharma says that the Pegasus spyware scandal throws additional doubt on the independence of the Indian judiciary at the highest levels. While it is important to assess the privacy angle to the story, I believe it is equally pertinent to evaluate the role of the judiciary in India in the scandal.

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OCTOBER 30, 2021

Srinivas Kodali, a Hyderabad-based privacy researcher, issued a legal notice Friday to the Commissioner of Hyderabad Police, Anjani Kumar. Furthermore, the notice stated that these searches were clearly not supported by judicial warrants and that no ongoing investigation necessitates such a widespread breach of privacy.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

Amnesty International released a report Thursday alleging the targeted use of Pegasus spyware against prominent Indian journalists, rekindling apprehensions about government surveillance and press freedom in the country, following the 2021 Pegasus project disclosures that sent shockwaves through India.

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AUGUST 10, 2023

The Editor’s Guild of India raised several concerns about the Bill in a statement released where they highlighted that it could be used to widen the government’s existing powers of censorship as Clause 37(1)(b) will allow the government to “censor content on vague and unspecified grounds ‘in the interest of the general public.'”

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Parliament of India Tuesday passed the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 for linking electoral roll data and voter identity cards with the government’s digital identity database. Civil rights groups are also concerned that the law will violate constitutional safeguards of the right to vote and the right to privacy.

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AUGUST 20, 2024

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International called for the European Union (EU) to urge the government of India to end human rights abuses in a joint statement released Monday ahead of the EU-India Human Rights Dialogue.

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JANUARY 21, 2023

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. Fake or unreliable news in India has seen a steep increase over the year, especially when the Coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020, which resulted in a 214% increase. The Bureau launched a fact-checking arm called “PIB Fact Check” in 2019.

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MAY 2, 2022

The Supreme Court of India Monday held that the right to bodily integrity of a person includes the right to refuse vaccination under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. The evidence presented by the Union of India refutes the assertion that emergency usage authorisation was obtained hastily.

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JULY 16, 2024

Moreover, the circular criticized judicial interference in the renovation of lawyers’ chambers, stating it infringes on the privacy rights of lawyers. The post Thousands of lawyers in Delhi, India protest three new criminal laws appeared first on JURIST - News.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

The petition was filed by Yarlagadda Kiran Chandra , General Secretary of the Free Software Movement of India (FSMI), a national coalition of sixteen regional and sectoral free software movements. This personal data is reportedly on the dark web, thereby violating citizens’ privacy, financial security and physical safety.

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MAY 18, 2023

In signing the law, Gianforte said: The Chinese Communist Party using TikTok to spy on Americans, violate their privacy, and collect their personal, private, and sensitive information is well-documented. While the US has not yet issued a nation-wide ban, other countries have, such as Afghanistan, India and Taiwan.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The Supreme Court of India directed Wikipedia on Tuesday to immediately remove the name and photograph of the victim involved in the RG Kar Medical College Hospital rape and murder case. A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, along with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, passed this order during the suo motu hearing.

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AUGUST 11, 2023

India is on the brink of becoming the latest nation to enact a comprehensive data privacy law, adding a vital new data point for companies' plans for managing personal information and potentially providing inspiration to countries that haven't yet been able to push similar protections across the finish line.

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APRIL 4, 2023

The key issues raised include: There is no provision for reimbursing private health establishments for providing free healthcare services, potentially making these establishments commercially unviable which is a violation Article 19(1)(g) of Constitution of India. The protests first began on March 21.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The petition had been filed in September against the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) by Binoy Viswam, a member of the parliament. The RBI is India’s central bank responsible for regulating the issue of banking notes and keeping of reserves. and Google Pay by Google, Inc.,

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AUGUST 17, 2022

Like the flying car or the new ‘Game of Thrones' novel, India's new data privacy law had been described as being ‘almost ready' and ‘a few months away' for a very long time!

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

Under government pressure, Apple India acknowledged potential mistakes in threat detection and sought to downplay warnings globally. India’s opposition leaders and journalists received Apple alerts, warning of potential state-sponsored iPhone attacks.

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

The lower house of India’s Parliament, the Lok Sabha, passed the Telecommunications Bill, 2023. Meanwhile, critics of the bill have voiced privacy and freedom of expression concerns due to the bill’s ability to grant the government broad control over telecommunications. These three laws govern telecommunications in India.

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

The President of India Droupadi Murmu assented Monday to the controversial Telecommunications Bill , 2023, which aims to reform the telecommunications sector in India. In that case, the Supreme Court held the right to privacy is a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution.

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JUNE 20, 2022

For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our correspondent’s name. Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a law student in Kabul reports on Taliban pressures on minority Hindu and Sikh populations.

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AUGUST 29, 2021

This requirement does not satisfy the threefold test of legality, necessity, and proportionality established by the Supreme Court in KS Puttaswamy v Union of India. It would consequently violate their right to privacy, which is a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. would especially be at risk.

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MARCH 23, 2022

Over the last decade there has been a surge in the number of biopics being produced in the Indian film and television industry.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday ordered an independent expert committee to investigate the widespread allegations around the use of Pegasus spyware to carry out surveillance on politicians, judges, journalists and activists in the country.

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JULY 22, 2024

India’s Supreme Court intervened on Monday to suspend directives issued by police in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand that required restaurants to publicly display owners’ names. The ruling comes amidst ongoing scrutiny of policies perceived as targeting India’s Muslim minority.

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JANUARY 25, 2022

India does not have a comprehensive legislation for the protection of privacy of an individual. Article 21 of the Constitution of India has been extended to include the right

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AUGUST 31, 2022

Telegram also argued that disclosure would violate the privity of contract between itself and the subscriber and Section 72A of India’s Information Technology Act, 2000. The post India High Court directs Telegram to disclose user data of copyright infringers appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JANUARY 4, 2022

Masood argued that the use of FRT restricts individuals’ right to privacy without complying with Puttaswamy v. Union of India’s four-fold test of legality, legitimate aim, proportionality and procedural safeguards. The matter will be listed for hearing after the court vacation ends on January 15, 2022.

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OCTOBER 16, 2022

Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia of the Supreme Court of India (SCt) Thursday delivered a split decision in a case concerning the prohibition of hijabs in educational institutions. The post India Supreme Court delivers split verdict over Hijab prohibition in schools appeared first on JURIST - News.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2021

A working group constituted by the Reserve Bank of India Thursday released its report on digital lending through online platforms and mobile apps, recommending separate legislation to prevent illegal digital lending, a nodal agency for verification, and a self-regulatory organization for participants in the sector.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2022

India is about to enact a far-reaching Data Privacy Law. Expected to be passed by April 2022 and in force as early as 1st quarter 2023, it represents a far-reaching comprehensive

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