Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 5
Day 5 began with Senior Advocate Shyam Divan recapitulating his arguments on surveillance from the previous hearing. He then discussed the ECHR judgment of Zakharov…
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 4
The hearing for Day 4 started with Senior Advocate Shyam Divan taking the court through Section 59 of the Aadhaar Act-the savings clause validating all the…
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 3
The arguments on day 3 commenced with Mr. Shyam Divan continuing with the Privacy judgment in the case of Puttaswamy v. Union of India. He read…
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 2
The hearing on Day 2 began with Senior Advocate Shyam Divan resuming his arguments for the petitioners. He clarified on the deterministic and probabilistic systems of identification. He…
Updates on Aadhaar Final Hearing: Day 1
The hearing on Day 1 began with the Attorney General requesting the court to allocate time to both sides for arguments. Shyam Divan, Senior Advocate…
Extension of Aadhaar linking deadlines: What’s the catch?
Earlier this month on December 14, a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court (SC) of India heard arguments for interim relief from a batch…
[Press Release] SFLC.in organizes public discussion on ‘Privacy & Data Protection: The Road Ahead’ today in Kochi
Kochi, December 18, 2017: Delhi-based not-for-profit legal services organization SFLC.in today organized a public discussion on ‘Privacy & Data Protection: The Road Ahead’ today in…
[Public Discussion] Privacy & Data Protection: The Road Ahead; December 18, 2017
SFLC.in is organizing a public discussion titled “Privacy & Data Protection: The Road Ahead” on Monday, December 18 at the Avenue Centre, Panampilly Avenue, Panampilly…
FAQ: Legal Position of Encryption in India
The Indian Supreme Court on 29 June 2016 refused to entertain a petition that sought a ban on WhatsApp and other similar applications that use strong end…
“Privacy Bytes” launched by SFLC.in as a one-stop destination for resources on online privacy in India
New Delhi, October 24, 2017: Delhi-based not-for-profit legal services organization SFLC.in today launched “Privacy Bytes”, a new website to provide policy makers, academics, media persons and…
[RTI] 23030 websites/URLs currently blocked in India
According to the Cyber Laws and E-Security Group under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Group (MeitY), as many as 23,030 websites /URLs are currently blocked in…
Notable technology and rights related litigations
Below is a compilation of some notable technology and rights related litigations from India, on-going and concluded. This list includes matters filed before the Indian…