SFLC.in’s Comments on the Draft Telecom Bill
The Government of India must be lauded for floating the Draft Telecommunications Bill and allowing stakeholders to provide comments. The Telecommunication sector is one of…
The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2022
The Government of India notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 20221 [hereinafter “Amendment Rules”] on 28th October, 2022, introducing changes to the…
Thinking beyond the Individual – Research paper published by FITS scholar, Varunavi Bangia
Thinking beyond the Individual – Research paper published by FITS scholar, Varunavi Bangia The following research paper has been written by Varunavi Bangia, a graduate…
UNION OF INDIA VS BHAKTA TRIPATHY : PETITION CHALLENGING IT RULES, 2021 TRANSFERRED TO SUPREME COURT
The Writ Petition filed by Praveen Arimbrathodiyil is transferred from the Kerala High Court to the Supreme Court. The Transfer Petition titled “Union of India…
Software Patents: India’s trojan horse in the city of FOSS (part II)
This second post is part of an ongoing SFLC.in project comprising an empirical study of the software patents granted annually in a given financial year…
Software Patents: India’s trojan horse in the city of FOSS (part I)
This first post is part of an ongoing SFLC.in project comprising an empirical study of the software patents granted annually in a given financial year…
Praveen Arimbrathodiyil vs Union of India : SFLC.in assists in challenging Part II of the Intermediary Rules, 2021 in Kerala High Court
A petition has been filed in the Kerala High Court by Praveen Arimbrathodiyil, a free and open-source software (FOSS) developer and a volunteer member of…
SFLC.IN APPROACHES THE SUPREME COURT ON THE PEGASUS ISSUE
SFLC.in has approached the Hon’ble Supreme Court by way of filing a Writ Petition/Public Interest Litigation bearing No. 909 of 2021 under Article 32 of…
Legal Challenge by CPIL and SFLC.IN to Surveillance Projects CMS, NATGRID and NETRA
The case Writ Petition (Civil) No. 8998 of 2020 (P.I.L) was filed before Delhi High Court which came up for hearing on 02.12.2020, before the…
SFLC.IN’S WRIT PETITION CHALLENGING ARBITRARY INTERNET SHUTDOWNS DURING EXAMINATIONS IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
The Hon’ble Supreme Court was pleased to issue notice to the Union of India on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Software Freedom Law…
Comments on Legal Framework Governing Telecommunication in India.
Comments on Legal Framework Governing Telecommunication in India. SFLC.in submitted comments to the Department of Telecommunications (‘DoT’) on its Consultation Paper titled ‘Need for a…
Request to the IT committee to investigate whistleblower Mudge’s revelations
SFLC.in has urged the Standing Committee on Information Technology, to investigate the impact of Twitter whistleblower Mudge’s revelations on Indian users and their rights. Twitter’s former security chief, Peiter…