Litigation Tracker
This page list the cases where SFLC.IN in various capacities, has provided legal support or has approached the different courts in India and in other jurisdictions, for the protection of digital rights.
22.09.2020
Name: Anivar A. Arvind vs. Ministry of Home Affairs (Aarogya Setu) [PIL WP (C) 7483 of 2020]
Issue: Privacy and FOSS
Forum or Court: Karnataka High Court
Date of Decision/Last hearing: Last date of hearing - 19.10.2020
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27.07.2020
Name: Software Freedom Law Center, India vs. State of West Bengal [W.P. No. 5245 of 2020]
Issue: Internet Shutdown
Forum or Court: Calcutta High Court
Date of Decision/Last hearing: Last Date of hearing - 27.07.2020
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27.02.2020
Name: SFLC.in vs. State of West Bengal & Ors. [W.P. No. 3963 of 2020]
Issue: Internet Shutdown
Forum or Court: Calcutta High Court
Date of Decision/Last hearing: Case filed on 27.02.2020
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24.12.2019
Name: SFLC.in V. Union of India & Ors. [Writ Petition (Civil) No. 13853/2019]
Issue: Internet Shutdown
Forum or Court: Delhi High Court
Date of Decision/Last hearing: Decided on 24.12.2019
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26.09.2018
Name: Impleadment Application on behalf of Ms. Maya Saran
Filed in the case of -
Shantha Sinha & Anr. vs. Union of India & Anr. [Writ Petition No. 342 of 2017]
[This case was tagged along with the case of Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) and Anr. V. Union of India and Others.
Writ Petition (C) No. 494 of 2012]
Issue: Aadhaar, Right to Privacy
Forum or Court: Supreme Court
Date of Decision/Last hearing: Decided on 26.09.2018
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24.09.2019
Name: Google LLC vs. Commission Nationale De L’informatique et des libertes (CNIL) [Case C-507/17]
Issue: Personal Data protection, Right to be forgotten
Forum or Court: Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
Date of Decision/Last hearing: Decided on 24.09.2019
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19.09.2019
Name: Fahima Shireen vs. State of Kerala [I.A. No. 1/19 in W.P. (C) No. 19716/2019]
Issue: Internet Rights
Forum or Court: Kerala High Court
Date of Decision/Last hearing: Decided on 19.09.2019
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28.06.2017
Name: Google Inc. v. Equustek Solutions Inc. [SCC 34, (2017) 1 S.C.R. 824]
Issue: Global content take down
Forum or Court: Supreme Court of Canada
Date of Decision/Last hearing: Decided on 28.06.2017
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24.03.2015
Name: Mouthshut vs. Union of India [W.P. (C) No. 217 of 2013]
[Tagged along with Shreya Singhal vs. Union of India W.P. (Crl.) No. 167 of 2012]
Issue: Intermediary Liability
Forum or Court: Supreme Court
Date of Decision/Last hearing: Decided on 24.03.2015
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