HC protects MP Shashi Tharoor's personality rights, directs removal of deepfake videoThe Delhi High Court has protected Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's personality rights. The court ordered X to remove an AI-generated deepfake ...
10 May, 2026, 12.14 PM IST
AI cannot replace human conscience in justice delivery: Karnataka CM SiddaramaiahKarnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah urged caution regarding artificial intelligence in the justice system. He stressed that human empathy...
18 Apr, 2026, 09.34 PM IST
The (other) right to privacy upheldIndia's Supreme Court has ruled that the state cannot seize all private property for redistribution, emphasizing market forces in resource ...
06 Nov, 2024, 12.16 AM IST
Welcome reiteration of non-negotiable right to privacy, says Ashwani Kumar on Supreme Court's Pegasus decisionThe verdict, penned by CJI N V Ramana, assumes significance since it declined the government's proposal to set up an inquiry on its own int...
27 Oct, 2021, 10.46 PM IST
Aadhaar scheme does not violate Right to Privacy, says SCThe top court said that Aadhaar Act truly seeks to secure to the poor and deprived persons an opportunity to live their life and exercise l...
27 Sep, 2018, 09.39 AM IST
Government extends timeline for comments on data privacy till January 31SC in a judgement on August 24, 2017 declared right to privacy a fundamental right, a far-reaching verdict that could impact a range of lif...
18 Dec, 2017, 08.46 PM IST
Justice RF Nariman, Supreme Court bench honoured for Right to Privacy orderThe Supreme Court had on August 24 declared Right to Privacy as a Fundamental Right, a far-reaching verdict that could impact a range of li...
10 Oct, 2017, 05.30 PM IST
Firms to face action for releasing data with name: Ravi Shankar PrasadHe said the government is committed to make best use of big data in establishing rule of precision governance.
12 Sep, 2017, 08.26 PM IST
Delhi High Court cites privacy order, asks if text messages can be treated as proofIn a recent hearing, a bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Najmi Waziri asked if messages sent on BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) can be trea...
03 Sep, 2017, 03.24 PM IST
Right to privacy: Supreme Court's frame of referenceThe word ‘privacy’ will still remain open to interpretation. This judgment has not gone into specific entitlements and interests.
27 Aug, 2017, 12.01 AM IST
Supreme Court leaves room for Aadhaar-linked schemesData protection is the other crucial issue as the SC expressed concern during arguments that it did not want information to leak and users ...
25 Aug, 2017, 11.06 AM IST
Experts see deluge of litigations after Supreme Court ruling on Right to PrivacyThe judgement will have wide ranging implications on all companies, whether foreign or local, engaged in any kind of collection of citizen ...
25 Aug, 2017, 01.02 AM IST
Fundamental right remains despite shifting sands of governments: Supreme CourtThe judge said a law can be made or unmade by a simple parliamentary majority and the ruling party can do away with any of the protections ...
24 Aug, 2017, 10.03 PM IST
Right to Privacy not a fundamental right, cannot be invoked to scrap Aadhar: Centre tells Supreme CourtRohatgi was countering the contention that the scheme of Aadhar based on collecting personal data violates the citizens right to privacy.
23 Jul, 2015, 12.42 AM IST
Citizens' right to privacy should be protected: Pranab MukherjeePresident Pranab Mukherjee today stressed on adequate safeguards to protect the "inviolable rights to privacy" of a citizen.
02 Sep, 2013, 05.03 PM IST
- SC notice to govt on plea for guidelines on telephone tapping
The Supreme Court sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking laying down of guidelines for tapping telephonic conversation by taking...
03 Jan, 2011, 07.52 PM IST
- Facebook and Twitter users 'undermine their right to privacy'
With employers prying to social sites to know more about their staff, the employees are virtually putting their right to privacy at risk, w...
09 Jan, 2010, 01.07 AM IST