-The Indian Express A citizen-centric data eco-system is necessary to protect Privacy. Who owns my data? In this question, if you replace data with a physical object, like a car or a house, the answer would obviously be “me”. That’s true not only of physical objects, but also of content because the latter is governed by copyright laws. The principle is you are the owner of the content you create, such as...
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Allow cops to raid homes for beef, Maharashtra urges SC -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In a surprise move unmindful of the huge controversy it had sparked, the Maharashtra government has moved the Supreme Court seeking revival of a provision of law that made it an offence to carry or keep beef at home in the state. More than a year ago, the Bombay high court had doused protests against the beef ban by striking down Section 5D of the Maharashtra...
More »Supreme Court for 3-tier right to Privacy: Intimate, private and public -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday outlined a three-tier, graded approach to the question whether Privacy is a fundamental right by examining the issue through its intimate, private and public aspects even as it reserved its verdict in the case. Prior to completion of the two-week-long hearing that attracted arguments for and against conferring fundamental right status to Privacy but which saw all parties accepting its intrinsic...
More »Panel to draft data protection Bill, Supreme Court told -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu 'Privacy argument will hit governance' Highlighting the need for a comprehensive law on data protection, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) informed a nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the Centre has constituted a committee of experts, led by former Supreme Court judge, Justice B.N. Srikrishna, to identify “key data protection issues” and suggest a draft data protection Bill. Appearing before the Bench led by Chief Justice...
More »Making fundamental right subservient to economic rights dangerous: Supreme Court -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court continued to subject the debate on constitutional status for the right to Privacy to close scrutiny, saying economic rights of citizens and provision for food and other essential items could never be a ground to undermine basic fundamental rights. This observation came when senior advocate C A Sundaram, appearing for the Maharashtra government, reiterated the Centre's stand that right to Privacy would always...
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