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61.
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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by sflc_admin | July 20, 2017 Today, a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court continued hearing arguments on the existence of a fundamental right to privacy, in connection with the matter ...
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Created on 20 July 2017
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62.
SC 9 Judge Bench on the Fundamental Right to Privacy – Day II [Part I]
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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Yesterday, a 9 judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court of India was set up to hear arguments on whether there is a fundamental right to privacy under the Indian Constitution, following from an ...
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Created on 20 July 2017
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63.
Contempt Mechanism under Section 27(5) of the A&C Act 1996
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(Blog: Analysis)
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On the 6th of July, the Supreme Court passed a judgement in the case of Alka Chandewar v. Shamshul Ishrar Khan [Civil Appeal No. 8720/2017]. The Civil Appeal arose against a judgement of the Bombay High ...
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Created on 20 July 2017
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64.
SC Constitution Bench on Aadhaar and the fundamental right to privacy – Day II
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... Bobde regarding the facets and contours of the right to privacy, the senior counsel argued that privacy had multiple dimensions. While the Supreme Court had recognised four of these in Gobind v. State ...
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Created on 20 July 2017
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65.
Nine-judge Constitution Bench of SC hears arguments on right to privacy
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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by sflc_admin | July 19, 2017 A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court (SC), comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) J.S. Khehar and Justices D.Y. Chandrachud, J. Chelameshwar, S.A. ...
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Created on 19 July 2017
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66.
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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This week a 9 judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court of India is hearing arguments on whether there is a fundamental right to privacy under the Indian Constitution. In 2012, a petition was filed ...
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Created on 19 July 2017
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67.
Five-judge Constitution Bench of SC refers question of Right to Privacy to nine-judge Bench
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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by sflc_admin | July 18, 2017 Today, a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court (SC) heard the batch of 22 petitions led by Justice K.S. Puttaswamy & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. [W.P.(C). ...
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Created on 18 July 2017
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68.
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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In October 2015, a 3 judge bench of the Supreme Court of India referred challenges to the Aadhaar program to a constitution bench. The reference was mainly to determine the existence of a right to privacy ...
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Created on 18 July 2017
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69.
Hearing Update: Shantha Sinha & Anr. v. Union of India; June 27th, 2017
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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by sflc_admin | June 28, 2017 The Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, heard the petition against notifications making Aadhaar mandatory for social welfare schemes [Shantha Sinha & Anr. ...
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Created on 28 June 2017
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70.
No Interim Relief in Petition Seeking Stay on Mandatory Aadhaar – For Now
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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The fresh petition challenging the constitutionality of the Aadhaar Act (Shantha Sinha v. Union of India) came up for hearing before the Supreme Court today. While this petition has been tagged with ...
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Created on 27 June 2017
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71.
Force Majeure under Indian Contract Law: Energy Watchdog v CERC (SCI)
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(Blog: Analysis)
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... decision of the Supreme Court of India in Energy Watchdog & Ors. v. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission & Ors. The dispute between power producers such as the Tata Power Co. Ltd. (“Tata”) and Adani ...
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Created on 27 June 2017
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72.
Delhi Tech Talks [June 23, 2017; New Delhi]
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... in India and the need for the same, and the need for the Supreme Court to form a bench to decide the pending issue of privacy. Aadhaar Big Data CCG CIS Cyber Security Data protection DEF ...
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Created on 26 June 2017
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73.
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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74.
Supreme Court Upholds Law Linking Aadhaar With PAN
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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The Supreme Court delivered its judgment in the constitutional challenge to Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act today. Brought in by way of an amendment in April this year, this provision made it mandatory ...
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Created on 10 June 2017
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75.
External Aid Of Interpreting Statutes – Speech Orated By Ministers Who Present The Bill
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(Blog: Analysis)
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... Anr., 2009 8 SCC 431. [6] Ibid; See also, Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Assn. v. Union of India, (2016) 5 SCC 1. [7] The one delivered by Judges Madan B. Lokur; Justice Nageswara Rao. ...
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Created on 25 May 2017
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Hearing Update: Shantha Sinha & Anr. v. Union of India; May 19th, 2017
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... Supreme Court today before a bench of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and Navin Sinha for interim relief. The petitioner, represented by Sr. Advocate Mr. Shyam Divan, prayed for a stay on Government notifications ...
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Created on 19 May 2017
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IMPORTANCE OF SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS REFERRED IN THE SHOW CAUSE NOTICE ISSUED UNDER (INDIAN) INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 AND (INDIAN) BLACK MONEY (UNDISCLOSED FOREIGN INCOME AND ASSETS) AND IMPOSITION OF TAX ...
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(Blog: Criminal law)
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... in the Notices issued to the Petitioners.
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The decision of the Hon’ble Court reiterates and reaffirms the well-established principle of law propounded by the Supreme Court of India and various ...
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Created on 19 May 2017
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(Updates from the SCOI) WhatsApp-Facebook Data Sharing (Day – II): Can Fundamental Rights be Exercised Against WhatsApp?
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(Blog: Technology, Media & Telecommunications)
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... function, or owed any public duty. Reliance was placed on Jatya Pal Singh v. Union of India (2013) 6 SCC 452, where the Supreme Court had held that service provided by telecom operators in a competitive ...
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Created on 17 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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... were filed against the APTEL order by certain distribution utilities and energy sector NGOs before the Supreme Court of India (SC). Vide its landmark judgment dated April 11, 2017 in the case of Energy ...
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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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... Saraph, Professor and Future Designer; Prasanna S., Advocate; Shyam Divan, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Srinivas Kodali, Co-founder at Open Stats; Osama Manzar, Founder and Director, Digital ...
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Created on 15 May 2017