SFLC.in & 17 other NGOs file an intervention before France’s highest court on dangers of the ‘right to be forgotten’
SFLC.in joined 17 other non-governmental organisations from across the globe as amicus in a voluntary intervention filed before France’s highest court, the Council of State…
Hearing Update: Shantha Sinha & Anr. v. Union of India; May 19th, 2017
The petition against notifications making Aadhaar mandatory for social welfare schemes- Shantha Sinha & Anr. v. Union of India [W.P. (C) 342/2017] was taken up…
Summary Report – Revisiting Aadhaar: Law, Tech and Beyond [May 9, 2017; New Delhi]
On 9th May, 2017, SFLC.in in association with IT for Change and Digital Empowerment Foundation, organized a panel discussion titled “Revisiting Aadhaar: Law, Tech and Beyond”…
RTI responses provide copies of Internet shutdown orders
India has seen a steep rise in the number of Internet shutdowns over the last few years. At SFLC.in, we have been tracking such instances…
Supreme Court hears the Aadhaar-PAN case; updates from Day 6
Arguments in the Supreme Court litigations around linking Aadhaar with PAN, challenging the constitutionality of Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, were concluded today…
Supreme Court hears the Aadhaar-PAN case; updates from Day 5
The ongoing challenge in the Supreme Court regarding the linking of Aadhaar for filing of income tax returns, and making it mandatory for PAN, has…
Supreme Court hears the Aadhaar-PAN case; updates from Day 4
The State’s reply in the Aadhaar-PAN linking case was heard today (our coverage of arguments from previous hearings can be accessed at these links: Day 1, Day…
Supreme Court hears the Aadhaar-PAN case; updates from Day 3
The hearing for the Aadhaar-PAN case spilled over to day 3 with Senior Counsel, Shyam Divan making his concluding remarks. Attorney General, Mukul Rohtagi, representing…
Supreme Court hears the Aadhaar-PAN case; updates from Day 1
The cases for linking Aadhaar to PAN and making it mandatory for Income Tax returns were heard before a bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and…
22 social media websites blocked in Kashmir valley for up to one month
On Wednesday, April 26, 2017, the Jammu and Kashmir Government directed Internet Service Providers to block access to 22 social media sites in the Kashmir Valley for…
Supreme Court hears the Aadhaar-PAN case; updates from Day 2
The Supreme Court today continued the hearing on cases filed against linking Aadhar to PAN and making it mandatory for filing income tax returns [Binoy…
Summary Report – Access Denied: Internet Shutdowns in a Digital India [April 24, 2017; New Delhi]
On 24th April, 2017, SFLC.in in association with Digital Empowerment Foundation, Internet Democracy Project, IT for Change, Centre for Internet and Society, and Foundation for Media…