right to privacy

Case BriefsSupreme Court

SC issues notice in plea seeking regulation of social media profile verification; minors’ access and circulation of obscene material. Read what the PIL states

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA Bobde, CJ and AS Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ has issued notice in a PIL

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Exhaustive analysis of a 2-tier mechanism to provide concession in school fees: Unraveling various aspects of Cal HC’s ruling

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee and Moushumi Bhattacharya, JJ., while addressing the issues raised in the present petition observed

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Health Data Privacy — The Emerging Need 

Bhumesh Verma, Managing Partner, Sayantan Dey, Legal & Compliance Professional and Shruti Jaju, Student Researcher, Corp Comm Legal

Cite as: (2020) PL (CL) April 82

Case BriefsHigh Courts

[S. 14 of Family Courts Act] Del HC | In a contest between right to privacy and right to fair trial, both of which arise under expansive Art. 21, right to privacy may have to yield to right to fair trial

Delhi High Court: Anup Jairam Bhambhani, J., while addressing a matrimonial dispute, observed that, “the only criterion or test under Section 14 of

Case BriefsHigh Courts

All HC | State of U.P. to file response with regard to petition assailing constitutional validity of — Uttar Pradesh Recovery of Damages to Public and Private Property Ordinance, 2020

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Govind Mathur, CJ and Samit Gopal, J., addressed a petition assailing the constitutional validity of

Case BriefsHigh Courts

All HC | Banners displaying personal details of individuals accused of destroying public property during Anti-CAA protests directed to be removed

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Govind Mathur, CJ and Ramesh Sinha, J. directed the District Magistrate, Lucknow and the Commissioner of Police,

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Guj HC | Two finger test violates the right of victim to privacy, physical and mental integrity and dignity; held unconstitutional

Two Finger test Held — Unconstitutional Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of J.B. Pardiwala and Bhargav D. Karia, JJ., while deciding

Case BriefsSupreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

Here’s why Supreme Court held that the Office of CJI comes under the purview of RTI

Supreme Court: In yet another historic verdict, the 5-judge constitution Bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and NV Ramana, Dr. DY Chandrachud, Deepak

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Centre to apprise SC on timeline for making & notifying guidelines to curb social media misuse [Full report]

Supreme Court: In the bid to gather information from intermediaries regarding the names of the originators of any message/content/information shared on the

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Linking of social media accounts with Aadhaar: SC issues notice to social media websites on Facebook’s transfer plea

Supreme Court: While hearing Facebook Inc’s petition asking Supreme Court to hear all cases related to demands for linking Aadhaar to social

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Ker HC | Student’s freedom to choose college of his/ her choice for pursuit of studies – an aspect of fundamental right to privacy guaranteed under Art. 21

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of CJ Hrishikesh Roy and A.K. Jayashankaran Nambiar, J. opined that the students could not be

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Ker HC | Registrar of Cooperative Societies empowered to collect information from rural agricultural bank, and to furnish the same under RTI Act

“Transparency of information is vital in curbing corruption. The approach of the court must be to attenuate the area of secrecy as

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Aadhaar Act, 2016 constitutional not violative of right to privacy; linking of Aadhaar with mobile phone number, bank account not mandatory: SC

Supreme Court: In a 1448-pages detailed judgment, the 5- Judge Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra and A.K. Sikri, A.M. Khanwilkar, Dr D.Y.

Case BriefsForeign Courts

Private use of cannabis declared as matter of right to privacy under Section 14 of the Constitution of Republic of South Africa

Constitutional Court of South Africa: A 10-Judge Bench comprising of Zondo, ACJ., Cameron, Froneman, Jafta, Madlanga, Mhlantla, Theron, JJ., Kathree-Setiloane, Kollapen, Zondi,

Conference/Seminars/LecturesLaw School News

MNLU Aurangabad | National Seminar on Right to Privacy in the Contemporary Legal Environment

CONCEPT NOTE: Humans are born with certain basic rights that are recognised in a civilised society. Some rights are inherent and some

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Notice issued against proposal of ‘Social Media Hub’ by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting: SC

Supreme Court: In a PIL filed by Trinamool Congress MLA Mahua Moitra challenging the decision of the Centre on creating a Social

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Aadhaar Hearing [Day 7]: Shyam Divan concludes his submissions; Kapil Sibal argues on abuse of power

On Day 7 of the Aadhaar hearing, Senior Advocate Shyam Divan summed up his submissions before the 5-judge bench of Dipak Misra, CJ

Case BriefsSupreme Court

9-judge bench declares privacy as a Fundamental Right; Information, family life, sexual orientation are all part of Privacy [Judgment]

Supreme Court: In a landmark judgment that will remain law for years to come, the 9-judge bench of J.S. Khehar, CJ and

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BREAKING| 9-judge Constitution bench unanimously declares Privacy as a Fundamental Right

Supreme Court: In the landmark verdict, the 9-judge Constitution bench has declared that the Right to Privacy is a part of Article

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Right to Privacy: A look back at the 9-judge bench hearing & it’s possible impact on Aadhaar

By Prachi Bhardwaj