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Summary Report: Celebrating the Right to be Let Alone [Sep 02, 2017; New Delhi]
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... when he witnesses the Government flouting Supreme Court orders that make Aadhaar a voluntary scheme. Dr. Usha Ramanathan was of the view that the Aadhaar project is not just about the violation of privacy, ...
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Created on 04 September 2017
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Safety in Indian Railways
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(Blog: Constitutional Law)
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... [5] Report of the Committee for Mobilization of Resources for Major Railway Projects and Restructuring of Railway Ministry and Railway Board, Ministry of Railways, June 2015, http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/HLSRC/FINAL_FILE_Final.pdf. ...
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Created on 24 August 2017
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Summary Report: Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum, 2017 (July 26-29th; Bangkok, Thailand)
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... Hub), Lisa Garcia (Gender Coordinator, Foundation for Media Alternatives), Shmyla Khan (Project Manager, Digital Rights Foundation) and Vaishali Verma (Counsel, SFLC.in). The session was moderated by Prasanth ...
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Created on 08 August 2017
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SC 9 Judge Bench on the Fundamental Right to Privacy – Day II [Part II]
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... be put in place to ensure protection of this right. The counsel also cited the example of the United Kingdom’s proposed biometric project, where biometric information of citizens had been collected for ...
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Created on 20 July 2017
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Nine-judge Constitution Bench of Supreme Court hears arguments on right to privacy: Updates from day 2
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... as a fundamental right earlier. He made special mention of the Aadhaar project, and said its large scale collection of biometrics may never have happened, had there been an overarching right to privacy ...
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Created on 20 July 2017
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SC Constitution Bench on Aadhaar and the fundamental right to privacy – How we got here
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... declared that Aadhaar card will be mandatory only for availing LPG and PDS services. The principal opposition to Aadhaar in the Supreme Court during the course of these hearings was that the Aadhaar project ...
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Created on 19 July 2017
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SC Constitution Bench on Aadhaar and the fundamental right to privacy – Day I
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... & Another v Union of India and Others. Under this petition, the Indian Government’s Aadhaar project was questioned on issues such as a lack of procedural safeguards, coercion for enrollment and blocking ...
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Created on 18 July 2017
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Call for Applications – Research Positions at CCG
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... from a highly regarded programme may count towards work experience. In addition to written work, a project/ programme manager within CCG will be expected to play a significant leadership role. This ranges ...
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Created on 18 July 2017
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Financing urban development
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(Blog: Constitutional Law)
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... live in cities, and contribute to 63% of the country’s GDP.[2] The urban population is projected to grow up to 600 million by 2031.2 With increasing urban population, the need for providing better infrastructure ...
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Created on 30 June 2017
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Force Majeure under Indian Contract Law: Energy Watchdog v CERC (SCI)
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(Blog: Analysis)
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Recently, newspapers reported that certain power producers proposed to sell large amount of their stake in the Ultra Mega Power Projects. The proposal to sell their stakes is a direct outcome of the recent ...
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Created on 27 June 2017
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Delhi Tech Talks [June 23, 2017; New Delhi]
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Delhi (CCG), Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF), HasGeek, Internet Democracy Project (IDP), and ...
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Created on 26 June 2017
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Road to Raisina: How the President of India will be elected
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(Blog: Constitutional Law)
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Yesterday, the BJP announced its candidate for the upcoming election of the President, which is scheduled to be held on July 17. In light of this, we take a look at the manner in which the election ...
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Created on 20 June 2017
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Overview of the Legal Issues around Aadhaar
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(Blog: Constitutional Law)
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Yesterday, the Supreme Court delivered its first verdict in a series of legal challenges that have been made against the Aadhaar project.[1] In the present matter, the court was examining whether a ...
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Created on 10 June 2017
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Supreme Court Upholds Law Linking Aadhaar With PAN
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... the former. BACKGROUND: It is important to recall that this amendment was passed at a time when several petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Aadhaar project continue to be pending before ...
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Created on 10 June 2017
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Panel Discussion on 03 June 2017: “Tech Policy Talks”
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... legal and policy frameworks in this regard measure up to global privacy standards, and how India’s current state of privacy protection shapes governance initiatives like the Aadhaar project. The session ...
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Created on 02 June 2017
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Costs Allocation Under the Amended Indian Arbitration Law: A Critique
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(Blog: Analysis)
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In a recent paper presented at the Conference on Dispute Management in Infrastructure Projects: New Challenges, May 19-20, 2017, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, this blawgger argues that even after the 2015 ...
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Created on 22 May 2017
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SC Clarifies the Scope of Regulatory Power under Section 79 (1) of Electricity Act, 2003
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(Blog: Corporate law)
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... projects. The issue took centre stage in 2011-12 with the promulgation of regulations by Indonesia, which barred export of coal from that country below a certain benchmark price. A number of Indian power ...
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Created on 16 May 2017
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Summary Report – Revisiting Aadhaar: Law, Tech and Beyond [May 9, 2017; New Delhi]
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... Beyond” at India International Centre, New Delhi. Saikat Datta, Policy Director, Centre for Internet and Society moderated the panel comprising Anivar Aravind, Founder/Director at Indic Project; Anupam ...
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Created on 15 May 2017
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Supreme Court Hears Fresh Challenge to Aadhaar
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... grounds on which the validity of the project has been challenged. Almost two years since, this bench is yet to be constituted. Yesterday, the counsel for the petitioners argued that the interim relief ...
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Created on 10 May 2017
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ATTACHMENT OF PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY THE PERSON FROM UNSCHEDULED OFFENCE UNDER PREVENTION OF MONEY LAUNDERING, ACT 2002 (PMLA)
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(Blog: Criminal law)
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... of which the words "process or activity connected with proceeds of crime and projecting it as untainted property" were substituted by the words "any process or activity connected with proceeds of crime including ...
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Created on 08 May 2017