Bihar roll revision: SC says Aadhaar cannot be standalone proof of citizenshipRJD counsel Prashant Bhushan had argued that the EC was not accepting Aadhaar as standalone proof of identity for the 65 lakh names removed...
02 Sep, 2025, 03.09 PM IST
DoT's draft eSecurity rules draw fresh flak from telcos, expertsThe rules broaden the scope of traffic data collection and analysis, potentially bringing non-licensee entities like over-the-top (OTT) pla...
30 Jul, 2025, 08.56 AM IST
A law to settle disputes, if neglectful to power, can sustain the inequalities it seeks to remedyThe Supreme Court's ruling in 'Vibhor Garg v. Neha' allows secretly-recorded spousal phone calls as evidence in divorce cases, citing the r...
15 Jul, 2025, 11.25 PM IST
Emergency horrible mistake, darkest period for liberty: Legal expertsLegal experts denounce the 1975 Emergency as a "horrible mistake" and a "darkest period" for Indian liberty, highlighting its profound impa...
24 Jun, 2025, 04.10 PM IST
Aadhaar biometric authentication likely to be mandatory to buy new mobile number soonIt is likely that an individual will have to provide his/her Aadhaar number and undertake biometric authentication to get a new mobile numb...
22 Dec, 2023, 11.01 AM IST
Digital Personal Data Protection: Why government should bring it to Parliament in the monsoon sessionIndia needs a robust regulatory data protection framework to counteract consumer mistrust. Sensitive personal information people routinely ...
14 Jun, 2023, 11.27 PM IST
PAN won't become inoperative if not linked to Aadhaar till SC judgement: Gujarat High courtThe deadline for linking of PAN and Aadhar had been extended several times and now the new deadline is March 31, 2020. So, if a person does...
21 Mar, 2023, 04.24 PM IST
Why haven't banks filed cases against defaulters: Supreme CourtA bench led by Justice SK Kaul, after a brief hearing, gave four weeks' time to the government and the RBI to respond to the allegations th...
08 Dec, 2022, 12.38 AM IST
Where India's revised Digital Personal Data Protection Bill falls shortThe revised Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022 needs to incorporate some accountability mechanism to safeguard against misuse of th...
22 Nov, 2022, 11.39 PM IST
Supreme Court directs CBI to file status report on investigation into intercepted conversations of Niira RadiaThe top court was hearing Tata's petition seeking action against those involved in the leakage of the tapes alleging the leakage amounts to...
21 Sep, 2022, 01.44 PM IST
New plea in Kerala HC against Aarogya Setu appThis is the second petition in the last one week against the government’s directive to compulsorily download the app for all public and pri...
11 May, 2020, 05.42 PM IST
Govt exemptions in Personal Data Protection law can be challenged in court, says Justice SrikrishnaJustice Srikrishna had told ET in December that the new proposed government exemptions could turn India into an Orwellian state. On Thursda...
31 Jan, 2020, 07.37 AM IST
Agencies may need court order to trace social media messagesSocial media intermediaries — with more than 5 million registered users — have to trace the original sender of a message when asked by a go...
22 Jan, 2020, 09.00 AM IST
Bombay High Court nixes government's phone-tap orders as they ‘violate right to privacy’It directed the destruction of illegally intercepted conversations and, again quoting a Supreme Court order, said tapping can be allowed on...
23 Oct, 2019, 11.05 AM IST
UIDAI asks banks not to discontinue Aadhaar payment systemUIDAI said the matter has been carefully examined, and the apex court has upheld the constitutionality of the Aadhaar programme, specifical...
30 Nov, 2018, 11.20 PM IST
What the first Aadhaar petitioner has to say about the judgment27 Sep, 2018, 09.51 AM IST
View: Why the privacy ruling may be the finest in Supreme Court's historyThe court's evolution of PIL jurisprudence in subsequent decades helped neutralise the inequity somewhat, as did the compromised coalition ...
27 Aug, 2017, 01.16 PM IST