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101.
Supreme Court hears the WhatsApp-Facebook Data Sharing Case
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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The special leave petition against the Delhi High Court’s ruling upholding WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy came up for hearing before a bench of five judges today. This policy is contentious because ...
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Created on 18 April 2017
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102.
Do Supreme Court orders on Aadhaar still matter?
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... the Aadhaar Act passed in March 2016 and brought in force in September 2016 effectively supersedes the Supreme Court’s interim orders passed between 2013 and 2015. The Supreme Court orders, the latest ...
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Created on 17 April 2017
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103.
Reviewing the Law Commission’s latest hate speech recommendations
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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Introduction The Law Commission has recently released a report on hate speech laws in India. The Supreme Court in Pravasi Bhalai vs. Union of India asked the Law Commission to recommend changes to ...
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Created on 14 April 2017
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104.
‘Protect Citizens’ Freedom – SC should not allow Aadhaar to eliminate constitutional right of privacy’: Eben Moglen
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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by sflc_admin | April 12, 2017 In an opinion piece that appeared in the Times of India on April 11, 2017, Prof. Eben Moglen discusses how a batch of 16 petitions pending before the Supreme ...
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Created on 12 April 2017
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105.
Update from the Supreme Court hearing in the WhatsApp-Facebook Data Sharing Case
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... Court’s decision, the petitioners approached the Supreme Court earlier this year. On 6th February, the Supreme Court had fixed 12th May as the date for final adjudication of this case. This was one of ...
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Created on 06 April 2017
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106.
LIVE BLOG: 6th RGNUL National Moot Court Competition, 2017 (31st March, 2017 - 2nd April, 2017)
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(Blog: General blogging)
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... Registrar. Krishnan Mahajan, Supreme Court of India;Prof. (Dr.) Nishtha Jaswal, Dept. of Law, Punjab University;Prof. (Dr.) G.I.S. Sandhu, Registrar, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law.
10:15 a.m. ...
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Created on 30 March 2017
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107.
Senior advocate SK Rungta talks about his career, challenges and successes as a lawyer who is also blind, in this inspiring IDIA interview
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(Blog: Advocates, the bar & litigation)
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From facilitating the entry of the blind into the civil services to successfully urging the Supreme Court to give full effect to the reservation for the disabled provided by the 1995 Persons with Disabilities ...
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Created on 28 March 2017
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108.
No Aadhaar, no service- Notifications making Aadhaar mandatory
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... that make Aadhaar mandatory despite the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s orders restricting not only the use of Aadhaar, but stating its voluntary nature, and prohibiting denial of service to anyone due to the ...
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Created on 28 March 2017
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109.
Live Blog: 9th HNMCC- Justice Hidayatullah Memorial National Moot Court Competition
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(Blog: Mooting Premier League)
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... for the final rounds, Partners of reputed law firms, academicians, and experienced advocates from the Supreme Court and High Court of India as judges for the event. This year too, the event will witness ...
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Created on 24 March 2017
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110.
Law Enforcement Initiatives Towards Tackling Cyber Crime in India
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... and clearance for processions and events. Online Complaints The Central Government, in response to queries by the Supreme Court regarding measures taken to tackle cybercrime, recently announced that they ...
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Created on 24 March 2017
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111.
Music, cinema & copyrights: Battle of Notes and Chords
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... voice or the Producer of the film, the supreme creator? The answer is subject to the facts and circumstances relating to license and assignment of the said right. How long does the holder own the Right? ...
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Created on 23 March 2017
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112.
Non-tax proposals in the Finance Bill, 2017
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(Blog: Constitutional Law)
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... of the Tribunals. There could be conflict of interest if the government were to be a litigant before a Tribunal as well as determine the appointment of its members and presiding officers. The Supreme ...
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Created on 22 March 2017
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113.
The proposed Finance Act amendments explained
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(Blog: Constitutional Law)
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... Tribunal. There would be conflict of interest if the government were to be a litigant before a Tribunal, as well as determine appointment of its members.
• Note that the Supreme Court in 2014, while examining ...
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Created on 22 March 2017
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114.
Live: SVKM's NMIMS School of Law 1st National Moot Court Competition, 201
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(Blog: Mooting Premier League)
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... the country are participating. The competition would be judged by various dignitaries including Supreme Court Judge, Senior Advocates and partners of top notch law firms.
NMIMS is amongst the few colleges ...
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Created on 21 March 2017
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115.
Liveblog: 7th Jamia National Moot Court Competition 2017
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(Blog: Mooting Premier League)
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16:55
For the Inaugural, we have Hon'ble Mr. A.M. Ahmadi, Former Chief Justice of India as the Chief Guest, Mr.Sanjay Hegde, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court as the Guest of Honor, and Mr. Ahmad Payam ...
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Created on 16 March 2017
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116.
Our resources on Aadhaar
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... analysing the Aadhaar Act, 2016, creating time-line of the scheme, following the judicial orders, and pending litigations, along with cataloging the violations of the Supreme Court’s orders dated 11th ...
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Created on 10 March 2017
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117.
16th Amity National Moot Court Competition, 2017 (Live Blog)
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(Blog: Mooting Premier League)
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... School of Law, Sastra University
The Competition shall be judged by eminent academicians, practicing lawyers, judicial
officers and1 sitting judges of the Hon’ble Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court. ...
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Created on 03 March 2017
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118.
Two Takes on the Right to be Forgotten
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... In a 2008 decision, while describing the functions of a law reporter that was a party before it, the Supreme Court observed that “the [law report] publishes all reportable judgments along with non-reportable ...
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Created on 24 February 2017
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119.
Supreme Court considers installation of CCTV units in courts – but will it regulate what happens next?
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard a petition seeking directions to ensure audio-visual recording of the proceedings in trial courts. The reasoning behind the request was that recording proceedings ...
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Created on 22 February 2017
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120.
Mere Allegation of Fraud – No longer an Obstruction to Arbitration Proceedings
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(Blog: Corporate law)
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... court system. This relied upon the Supreme Court’s decision in N. Radhakrishnan v. Maestro Engineering[2], that disputes involving allegations of fraud are incapable of being adjudicated by an arbitral ...
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Created on 20 February 2017