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 Boom. Read here. The arrest of Mohammed Zubair, journalist and co-founder of a fact-checking news website Alt News has sparked outrage not only on the issue of falling press freedom in India, but also on the issue of data privacy. On June 27, Zubair was arrested by the Delhi…
The article was originally published in Article 14. Read here. New Delhi: At least 470,000 unique identity numbers (UIDs) issued by India’s 13-year-old national identity database, Aadhaar, over nine years were fraudulent. The system is susceptible to being hacked or otherwise undermined, and its own recent warnings of misuse reveal its vulnerabilities. About 30 million of the poorest…
The article was originally published in Article 14. Read here. New Delhi: For a country that was found to have one of Asia’s worst bribery rates in 2020, there appear to be very few complaining of corruption in the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi—if you count the number of cases registered with the Lokpal, India’s corruption-fighting independent, national…
The article was originally published in Firstpost. Read here. Most experts agree that Centre has fixed current price of COVID-19 vaccine at Rs 250 only after factoring in the reduced expenses of the two companies, large volume of orders they are to get, affordability of the masses and the major hurdle of vaccine hesitancy it faces….
The article was originally published in The Logical Indian. Read here. In a bizarre reply to an RTI filed by this author on behalf of The Logical Indian, the Supreme Court of India has said that the judgement pronouncing implementation of live streaming of court proceedings is “under consideration of the Registry”. In September 2018, a…
The article was originally published in The Logical Indian. Read here. Lavasa had opposed giving ‘clean chit’ to PM Modi and HM Amit Shah in the 2019 General Elections for model code violations. Later his family members were subjected to investigations by ED and IT Department. Govt rejected RTI filed by Saurav Das on behalf of The…
The article was originally published in The Wire. Read here. As it happens, there is no overarching framework of rules to prevent news channels from airing untruths and indulging in sensationalism even over sensitive subjects. Note: This article contains mentions of suicide. On June 18, the National Human Rights Commission, after hearing my complaint alleging sensationalisation…