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Landmark Verdict: Supreme Court Upheld KS Puttaswamy's Privacy Rights, Sparking a New Era in Indian Law
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Landmark Verdict: Supreme Court Upheld KS Puttaswamy's Privacy Rights, Sparking a New Era in Indian Law

Hindustan Times  

Veteran judge KS Puttaswamy, who fought for civil liberties and constitutionalism, passed away this week at 86. His landmark judgment over the Aadhaar case, which overturned mandatory enrollment, was a watershed moment in Indian jurisprudence. He also played a crucial role in landmark cases that strengthened individual rights and freedoms, including the repeal of Section 377 of the IPC and …

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Same-sex marriage and the fundamental right to marry | Explained
1 year, 2 months ago

Same-sex marriage and the fundamental right to marry | Explained

The Hindu  

October 20, 2023 05:28 pm | Updated 06:55 pm IST The story so far: A five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday in a 3:2 verdict ruled against legalising same-sex marriage in India leaving it up to the legislature to decide if non-heterosexual unions can be legally recognised. Although the CJI and Justice Kaul batted for civil unions for …

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Expanding Aadhaar to private entities is risky
1 year, 7 months ago

Expanding Aadhaar to private entities is risky

Hindustan Times  

In a landmark 4-1 verdict in 2018, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, but struck down section 57, which allowed the use of Aadhaar authentication and E-KYC by private companies to establish an identity for delivering services. Explaining its ruling, the top court said that the section struck at the heart of an individual’s privacy, …

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Publicity of court proceedings: The question of privacy and reputation
1 year, 8 months ago

Publicity of court proceedings: The question of privacy and reputation

Hindustan Times  

On March 21, while delivering its judgment in Seemant Kumar Singh Vs. Mahesh Ps & Ors, the Supreme Court, cautioned judges against passing adverse remarks in courts unless accompanied by a proper justification. The SC observed that “remarks passed in court, due to the live broadcasting of court proceedings, now have ramifications that are far-reaching, and as can be seen …

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Hijab Case- State Can't Say "We Will Give You Education, If You Surrender Your Right To Privacy": Adv Shoeb Alam Tells Supreme Court [Day 6]
2 years, 3 months ago

Hijab Case- State Can't Say "We Will Give You Education, If You Surrender Your Right To Privacy": Adv Shoeb Alam Tells Supreme Court [Day 6]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court is continuing hearing the petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on wearing hijab by Muslim students in educational institutions.A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia is hearing the matter. Senior Advocate Jayna Kothari appearing for the Petitioners argued that the Karnataka GO banning hijab in educational institutions is a case …

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Hijab Case : Question Of Essential Religious Practice Does Not Arise When Individual Rights Are Asserted -Yusuf Mucchala To Supreme Court [Day 4]
2 years, 3 months ago

Hijab Case : Question Of Essential Religious Practice Does Not Arise When Individual Rights Are Asserted -Yusuf Mucchala To Supreme Court [Day 4]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday continued hearing the batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on wearing hijab by Muslim girl students in some schools and colleges in the State. Senior Advocate Salman Khurshid argued that the High Court judgment, in asserting Fundamental Duty under Article 51A of the Constitution, ignored Article 51A which …

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Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Mandatory Aadhar Requirement For Availing Ration Under National Food Security Act
2 years, 8 months ago

Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Mandatory Aadhar Requirement For Availing Ration Under National Food Security Act

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation challenging the mandatory requirement of Aadhaar card to avail free ration under the National Food Security Act, 2013. Suppose you have a legal right under NFSA which is now constitutional right as per Puttaswamy, then your right can be taken away only on provisions mentioned in Aadhaar Act…Parliament enacted both …

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MediaOne Case : The Danger In Allowing Unchecked Use Of National Security Ground To Curb Free Speech
2 years, 10 months ago

MediaOne Case : The Danger In Allowing Unchecked Use Of National Security Ground To Curb Free Speech

Live Law  

The proposition that natural justice principles are not at all applicable in a national security issue, which has been applied by the Kerala High Court to uphold the telecast ban of MediaOne news channel, raises deeply troubling questions. The first one is a 2014 judgment in the case Ex-Armymen's Protection Services Private Limited v. Union of India and others which …

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Sushant Singh Rajput Case : Are Celebrity Rights Available Posthumously? Delhi High Court To Decide
3 years, 6 months ago

Sushant Singh Rajput Case : Are Celebrity Rights Available Posthumously? Delhi High Court To Decide

Live Law  

Rejecting a temporary injunction application filed by late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's father against the use of his son's name, caricature, likeness or persona in movies being purportedly made on his life, the Delhi High Court today gave some crucial prima facie findings on various questions determining rights of celebrities in the country - including whether 'celebrity rights' or …

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Does The Traceability Requirement Meet The Puttaswamy Test?
3 years, 9 months ago

Does The Traceability Requirement Meet The Puttaswamy Test?

Live Law  

Introduction Encryption technology has popularly been used for varied purposes including secure communication. However, this aspect of encryption technologies has also led to States, including India, seeking the introduction of 'backdoors' to this technology, particularly citing concerns of misinformation, child pornography, and national security. In India specifically, an ad hoc Rajya Sabha committee recommended undermining of encryption to fight child …

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Legal notice to Kerala government for making Aadhaar mandatory for ILGMS log in
4 years, 2 months ago

Legal notice to Kerala government for making Aadhaar mandatory for ILGMS log in

The Hindu  

The petitioners in the Puttaswamy case that challenged the constitutionality of Aadhaar in the Supreme Court have sent a legal notice to the State government against making Aadhaar number mandatory for signing into the Integrated Local Self-Governance Management System. Civil society activists Bezwada Wilson and Kalyani Menon-Sen, the petitioners in the Puttaswamy case, have said in the legal notice that …

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Privacy And Puttaswamy For The People's Palate: Part 2 Of 3
4 years, 4 months ago

Privacy And Puttaswamy For The People's Palate: Part 2 Of 3

Live Law  

The first part broke down opinions of Chelameswar J. and Sapre J. wherein the former examined the existence of the right to privacy within the contours of the Constitution, limiting the discussion to the existence of the same and the latter examined the foundation of the right on the basis of the Preamble and certain elements of Part III. Bobde …

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