Revised CRI Guidelines – Ambiguity replaces certainty
The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks has published the modified Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs) by office order dated 30-6-2017. The revised…
Hearing Update: Shantha Sinha & Anr. v. Union of India; June 27th, 2017
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, heard the petition against notifications making Aadhaar mandatory for social welfare schemes [Shantha Sinha & Anr. v….
Delhi Tech Talks [June 23, 2017; New Delhi]
On June 23, 2017, the second edition of Delhi Tech Talks – a collaborative series of quarterly discussions on the state of tech policy in…
Real World IoT Security Conference 2017 [June 20, 2017; Bengaluru]
SFLC.in was a community partner at the Real World Internet of Things Security Conference (RISC) organized by the EFY Group on 20th June 2017 at Hotel Park Plaza, Bengaluru….
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…