-Newslaundry The Government of India has removed exemptions for journalistic work from data protection obligations in the fourth iteration of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022. If this iteration is passed as law a story containing personal data may result in journalists having to prove to a data protection board that their story was in the public interest, Newslaundry reported. The three previous versions - in 2018, 2019 and 2021...
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Latest Christian Aid report identifies top 10 climate disasters of 2022
-Press released by Christian Aid dated 27 December, 2022 * Study identifies the year’s 10 costliest extreme events influenced by the climate crisis - each caused more than $3 billion in damage. * Report also examines 10 other extreme events that caused massive human and environmental damage, mostly in the poorest countries. * The floods that submerged parts of Pakistan in June displaced 7m people and caused more than $30 billion in estimated...
More »Sharp decline in disposal, increased pendency -- how pandemic affected district courts in India -Akshat Jain
-ThePrint.in There’s been a 40% decline in disposal of cases during pandemic, a report mapping district courts’ performance showed. The study was conducted by a Delhi-based think-tank. New Delhi: The pandemic has severely affected the justice delivery system in India, causing a sharp decline in the disposal of cases, a study mapping the performance of district courts during the pandemic shows. In its latest report called ‘Data Speak: A look at the District...
More »Bt Brinjal biopiracy case: Apex court restores PIL in Karnataka HC after nearly a decade -Shuchita Jha
-Down to Earth In this decade, 231 more crops have been removed from the protection of piracy provided in Section 3 of the Biodiversity Act, bringing the total to 421 The Supreme Court, in a November 22 order, has ordered the Karnataka High Court to continue hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) on biopiracy which it had sent to the National Green Tribunal in 2013. Biopiracy refers to the practice of commercially exploiting...
More »Psychological test of death row convicts is essential, says Supreme Court
-The Hindu Apex court says mitigating investigators need to be given access to the prisoners to dig out any circumstances which may help the court when it hears the appeal In a significant order, the Supreme Court has made it clear that the psychological evaluation of condemned prisoners by expert doctors, and access to them by mitigating investigators, are essential before the hearing begins on their appeals against the death penalty. A Bench...
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