The article was originally published in Al Jazeera. Read here. New Delhi, India – On April 15, former Indian parliamentarian Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were shot dead by three assailants – a brazen attack caught on live television. The two were being escorted by the police in the northern city of Prayagraj in Uttar…
The article was originally published in Boom Live. Read here. Editor’s Note: For our Decode Voices section, we will be documenting personal experiences with the Internet and online platforms. Technology, privacy, law and policy will be touched upon through these stories. My phone buzzed. It was one of the many notifications on my Twitter that I…
Original article here. In an apparent first, Twitter appears to have withheld a tweet globally in response to a “legal demand” in India. Journalist and Right to Information (RTI) activist Saurav Das posted a screenshot of two past tweets, one of which appears to quote Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, with a message from…
The article was originally published in Boom Live. Read here. The central government has proposed some changes to India’s hallmark transparency law, the Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005 which has raised concerns and criticism. The changes are sought to be done via the proposed Digital Personal Data Protection Bill (DPDP), 2022 which will bring in…
The article was originally published in Adani Watch. Read here. The Supreme Court of India’s order in the Adani-Hindenburg case does nothing to ensure an independent and fair investigation into allegations of corporate fraud by the Adani Group. The Expert Committee appointed by the court to study regulatory frameworks has a member close to Prime…
The article was originally published in Article 14. Read here. New Delhi: A 2 March 2023 decision by the Supreme Court of India to create a committee of experts to analyse the regulatory framework in India’s securities market in wake of allegations against the Adani group, has dampened criticism of the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and—given the…
The article was originally published in Boom Live. Read here. In 2017, while delivering the landmark Right to Privacy judgement, a Supreme Court of India judge said, “Humans forget, the Internet does not, and does not let humans forget.” Justice SK Kaul ruled that the right of an individual to exercise control over personal data and…
The article was originally published in Article 14. Read here. New Delhi: “As far as India is concerned, I would like to say Christian groups are more dangerous than Islamic groups. Both are equally dangerous in the context of conversion, especially Love Jihad.” “The problem of Christian (sic). If the Islamic terror (sic) is green terror,…
Original article here. Just because FIRs are uploaded, chargesheets cannot be directed to be uploaded in websites. The Supreme Court on Friday held that police and investigating agencies like CBI, ED etc., cannot be directed to upload the chargesheets filed in cases in a public platform for easy access by the general public. A bench comprising Justices…
The article was originally published in Boom. Read here. On a usual morning in September 2020, Tribhuvan, a daily wage labourer who lives in a village called Umari in Maharashtra, logged on to Facebook. As he scrolled through his feed, a catchy advertisement offering massive discounts on shoes, belts, and goggles caught his attention. The…
By Akshit Chawla. Original article here. Experts have highlighted several concerns in the draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill, 2022, but one major problem lies outside of it – in the consultation process. Along with the bill, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) published a notice inviting feedback from the public. It says that the…
The article was originally published in Article 14. Read here. New Delhi: “Judicial review of legislative and executive actions is an integral part of the constitutional scheme. I would go as far as to state that it is the heart and soul of the Indian Constitution. In my humble view, in the absence of judicial review,…