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The last kilometer, the last chance During the period from 2016 – 2025, the “other half” of the human race will be connected to the…

The Aadhaar scheme has undergone scrutinies and challenges at various levels since its inception as the flagship program of the Unique Identification Authority of India…

SFLC.in is inviting applications for the post of Senior Policy Director at our office in New Delhi, India. Job description The Senior Policy Director shall…

SFLC.in, along with the Mr. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Member of Parliament is organizing a panel discussion on ‘The Need For a Dedicated Privacy Legislation In India:…

The Indian government has rightly rested its Digital India initiative on a series of measures to liberalise the economy. One of those measures of free-market…

The SFLC.in team went on a 3 day retreat to Rishikesh from 10th to 12th April, 2016. We had a great time making friends with…

Following a sudden surge in IPR litigation surrounding Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) in the last year, (around eight suits were filed by Swedish multi-national Ericsson…

Indian law on patentability of computer programmes is abundantly clear in that Section 3(k) of the Patents Act 1970 explicitly excludes computer programmesper se, mathematical…

The number of internet blackouts in India is on a rise over the last few years. Most of these orders for internet shut down are…

Now that the inevitable death of Free Basics by Facebook has happened and the dust has settled, the real outlines of the government of India’s…

The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial & Other Subsidies, Benefits & Services) Bill, 2016 (hereinafter Aadhaar Bill) was discussed, voted and passed in the Lok…

The Aadhaar scheme originated as an operation of the Unique Identification Authority of India that was established in 2009 as an executive body under the…