A collateral benefit of the Supreme Court verdict which declared privacy as a fundamental right is that a comprehensive legislation on data protection becomes imperative.
Category: Legal
Rights of homebuyers under Insolvency Code need clarity–Economic Times–30.08.2017
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India has recently amended regulations to declare homebuyers of beleaguered real estate companies as financial creditors. Such homebuyers can
New judge, old wish list | Business Standard Editorials–30.08.2017
Fourteen months do not seem like a long time to helm an institution as challenging and complex as the Supreme Court, but the new Chief
Don’t criminalise marital rape, may disturb institution of marriage: Government | The Indian Express–30.08.2017
Section 375 of the IPC dealing with rape makes an exception for such instances within marriages and holds that “sexual intercourse by a man with
Jaypee insolvency: Indian real estate’s boom-to-bust story has lessons for all | opinion | Hindustan Times–30.08.2017
On August 9, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Court (IBC) got its first candidate from the housing sector – Jaypee Infratech Limited. Up until then, few
Minimum wage to vary across states – The Hindu–30.08.2017
The Code on Wages Bill proposed by the Union government earlier this month will not fix a single national level minimum wage for the whole
Right to Privacy: Four cases that may come up for review | Business Standard Column–28.08.2017
The recent judgment by a nine-judge Supreme Court (SC) bench that declared the ‘right to privacy’ as a natural, inherent and inalienable fundamental right under
Right to Privacy: Businesses will have to change and transform, says expert | Business Standard Column–28.08.2017
Rajeev Chandrasekhar August 24, 2017, will count as another important day in the history of our 70-year-old democracy and nation — a day when privacy
Right to Privacy: ‘Not enforceable against pvt data collecting, tech firms’ | Business Standard Column–28.08.2017
Pavan Duggal After the Supreme Court’s judgment on the right to privacy as a fundamental right, one question is repeatedly being asked as to what
A brave new world of individual rights | Business Line–28.08.2017
The Supreme Court, by upholding privacy as a fundamental right, has bolstered Article 21, and perhaps undercut Aadhaar The recent, nine judge judgment of the
Time we realised there is nothing romantic about stalking | editorials | Hindustan Times–28.08.2017
A protest in Chandigarh in the Varnika Kundu stalking case, August 9. (Keshav Singh/HT) There is every indication that had the authorities concerned acted in
To be forgotten online is part of privacy: Justice Kaul – The Hindu–28.08.2017
Internet does not allow a person to overcome his past follies and turn a new leaf. A person’s mistakes in his personal life becomes, and
adhaar: Back to square one in flawed adhaar ecosystem–Economic Times–27.08.2017
The SC judgment overturned a 63-year-old ruling that refused to recognise privacy as a fundamental right. In an increasingly digital world, in which artificial intelligence
Right to Privacy: How Right to Privacy gets a leg up after Supreme Court judgement–Economic Times–27.08.2017
On Thursday afternoon, Gunjan Gupta (name changed), 34, was about to leave her home in Sector 54, Gurgaon, to meet with her lawyer Sunieta Ojha
Right to Privacy | Live Updates: Supreme Court rules Right to Privacy as Fundamental Right–Economic Times–27.08.2017
In a landmark judgement, a nine-judge Supreme Court bench on Thursday declared privacy a fundamental right, a decision that may impact everything from the government’s
Right to Privacy: Full text of Supreme Court verdict | Business Line–27.08.2017
Right to Privacy: Full text of Supreme Court verdict via Right to Privacy: Full text of Supreme Court verdict | Business Line
Target Section 377: On decriminalising gay sex – The Hindu–27.08.2017
Same-gender sex remains a crime in the country due to a flagrant judicial mistake committed by the Supreme Court in 2013. The time has come
right to privacy: Privacy not lost after parting with personal data: Supreme Court–Economic Times–26.08.2017
Personal data collected from a citizen by a bank or even a non-state entity like an e-commerce site for a specific purpose cannot be made
right to privacy: Right to privacy beyond legislative majorities’ reach: Supreme Court–Economic Times–26.08.2017
Some rights such as privacy, dignity and liberty are natural, inalienable rights and by declaring them as fundamental rights, the court has placed them beyond
Strengthen Aadhaar with privacy law–Economic Times–Editorial–26.08.2017
The Supreme Court’s nine-member Constitution bench has found, unanimously, that the right to privacy is a fundamental right, arising from the working, jointly and separately,
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