Search Results for Tag : Privacy
Judgments
Parties to a private contract and users of "WhatsApp" having voluntarily opted to avail services of said application are bound by terms of service offered(23.09.2016)
Petitioners claim to be the users of “WhatsApp”, an Internet Messaging Application, provided by Respondent No.2/"WhatsApp Inc.", a company based in US.....
Tags : Privacy, Right, Information, Sharing
Top Story
Right to be forgotten rejected by Japan’s Supreme Court(03.02.2017)
The Supreme Court of Japan has rejected a man's demand that a Google web search showing up reports of his arrest for child prostitution be removed. Th.....
Tags : Privacy, Right, Personal information, Removal
SC Declares Right to Privacy as Fundamental Right(24.08.2017)
The Nine Judges Bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in a historic and landmark Judgment has declared that, right to privacy is a fundamental right in t.....
Tags : Privacy, Fundamental right, Declaration
Uploading of financial statements by private educational institutions would not amount to breach of their Right to Privacy(29.05.2021)
The challenge in the present petition is restricted to the modifications carried out by Central Governmet while extending the Punjab Regulation of Fee.....
Tags : Education, Transparency, Profiteering, Right to Privacy
News
Supreme Court Strikes Down Electoral Bond Scheme as Unconstitutional(15.02.2024)
Supreme Court has struck down the Electoral Bond Scheme stating it to be violative of Article 19(1)(a) of Constitution of India and the Right to Infor.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Electoral Bond Scheme, Right to Information, Right to Privacy
Mumbai Court: Nude Strip Searching of Undertrial Prisoner Violates Right to Privacy(17.04.2023)
Mumbai Court has while directing Mumbai Central Prison authorities to use scanners and electronic gadgets to conduct personal searches of Undertrial P.....
Tags : Mumbai Court, Undertrial Prisoner, Nude Strip Searching, Privacy
International Cases
ECJ: Safe Harbour not safe from US intelligence(06.10.2015)
In a case where an Austrian citizen complained against his personal data on popular social networking website ‘Facebook’ being shifted from servers in.....
Tags : Safe harbour, data privacy, offshore, server
SC Declines Petition Challenging Privacy Policy for Whatsapp Business Accounts(05.02.2021)
Supreme Court has declined to entertain a petition by Confederation of All India Traders against the new privacy policy for business accounts of socia.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Whatsapp Business Accounts Privacy Policy
Jharkhand HC: DNA Tests Can't be Directed as a Matter of Course(23.12.2022)
Jharkhand High Court while observing that DNA tests can encroach upon privacy and physical autonomy of an individual, has held that order to conduct D.....
Tags : Jharkhand High Court, DNA Test, Privacy
Mumbai Court: Nude Strip Searching of Undertrial Prisoner Violates Right to Privacy(17.04.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court while observing that right to avail appropriate remedy under law can’t be construed as obstruction in course o.....
Tags : Mumbai Court, Undertrial Prisoner, Nude Strip Searching, Privacy
Karnataka HC Issues Notice in Plea Seeking Direction to Right to Privacy of Individuals(11.03.2021)
Karnataka High Court has ordered issue of notices to the Centre and the State governments and 70 media platforms on a petition filed by a lawyer and B.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Right to Privacy of Individuals
Delhi HC Grants Centre Time to Respond to Plea Against WhatsApp's Privacy Policy(02.03.2021)
Delhi High Court has refused to issue notice on petition against WhatsApp's new privacy policy, giving the Central Government 4 weeks' time to respond.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Whatsapp’s Privacy Policy
Del. HC: Peeping Inside Washroom When Woman is Inside, Attracts Offence of Voyeurism(07.04.2023)
Delhi High Court has observed that peeping inside washroom while woman is inside, which essentially is a private act, amounts to invasion of her priva.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Voyeurism, Privacy, Private Act
FCC’s ‘Open Internet’ upheld; dissenting judge scathing in remarks(14.06.2016)
A United States Court of Appeals gave further credence to a Federal Communications Commission move in February 2016 to Tags : Supreme Court, WhatsApp Privacy Policy
CIC dismisses appeal seeking up-to-date government email addresses(16.12.2015)
The Central Information Commission dismissed an appeal seeking email addresses of all governments, public authorities and organisations maintained by .....
Tags : Rti, email addresses, outdated, security, privacy
Kerala HC to State: Ensure Privacy for Lawyer-Client Meetings in Jails(23.11.2022)
Kerala High Court has directed the State government to ensure that there is enough space provided in jails to ensure privacy when an accused meets his.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Privacy, Lawyers
MP HC: Plea of Privacy not Justifiable to Resist Gender Detection Test in Matrimonial Disputes(11.10.2019)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that in a matrimonial dispute if gender of one of the parties is questioned by the other party, the Court may dire.....
Tags : MP HC, Privacy
KHC: Demanding Info About Bank Accounts without Statutory Support Violates Right to Privacy(05.09.2019)
Kerala High Court (KHC) has ruled information about one’s bank accounts and Income Tax returns constitute personal information. As a result demand of .....
Tags : KHC, Right to Privacy
Notifications & Circulars
Statement on behalf of the Government on the Supreme Court Judgement on Right to Privacy(24.08.2017)
The nine-judge Bench Supreme Court judgement has today pronounced in the "Privacy Case" by upholding the Right to Privacy as one protected by Article .....
Tags : Statement, Government, Judgement, Right to Privacy
SC: “You Can Choose to Walk Out of Whatsapp If You Want to Protect Your Privacy”(17.01.2017)
Supreme Court has issued notices to Centre, Facebook, WhatsApp and TRAI on a plea that sought Government Regulation of online messaging services.
Tags : Supreme Court, Facebook, WhatsApp, Privacy
Kerala HC: LGBT Persons Like Other Heterosexual Persons Are Entitled to Their Privacy(04.07.2024)
Ker. High Court, on a habeas corpus petition filed by the friend of a transwoman who was forced to undergo conversion therapy, has observed that LGBT .....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Habeas Corpus, LGBT persons, Privacy
Supreme Court Announces its Verdict, Holds Privacy a Fundamental Right(24.08.2017)
Supreme Court has ruled that privacy is a fundamental right because it is intrinsic to the right to life. The 9 Judge bench also said that right to pr.....
Tags : Supreme Court, fundamental right, Right to Privacy
SC: DNA Tests Can Violate Privacy Right, Can't be Directed as Matter of Course(27.10.2022)
Supreme Court while disallowing DNA test to determine paternity of two children has held that merely because something is permissible under law can’t .....
Tags : Supreme Court, DNA Test, Privacy
Consultation Paper on Cloud Computing(10.06.2016)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India introduced a paper Tags : Supreme Court, Aadhaar, Right to Privacy
AP HC: Collection of Personal Info. as Per Existing Standing Orders is Violative of Right to Privacy(18.07.2022)
Andhra Pradesh High Court held that the opening of rowdy sheets to brand persons as "rowdies", collection and display of their photos, domiciliary vis.....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, Privacy, Police Standing Orders
SC: Bail Condition Requiring Accused to Share Google Location to IO Violates Right to Privacy(04.10.2023)
Supreme Court while hearing a challenge against bail granted by High Court in PMLA case, has orally remarked that bail condition requiring accused to .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Right to Privacy, Location
Del. HC: Court Must Step in When Wife Seeks Help in Procuring Evidence to Prove Husband’s Adultery(11.05.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that Right to Privacy is not absolute, has held that when a wife seeks help of Court for procuring evidence which wou.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Adultery, Family Court, Privacy
Supreme Court Overrules M P Sharma & Kharak Singh(24.08.2017)
Supreme Court has overruled eight-judge bench judgment in M P Sharma case and six-judge bench judgment in Kharak Singh case -both of which had ruled t.....
Tags : Supreme Court, fundamental right, Right to Privacy
Delhi HC Refuses to Stay CCI Probe Against WhatsApp's Privacy Policy(23.06.2021)
Delhi High Court has refused to stay the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) enquiry against WhatsApp's new privacy policy in an appeal by WhatsAp.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, CCI Probe Against WhatsApp's Privacy Policy
Mad. HC: Privacy of Refugees Has to be Ensured(23.08.2023)
Madras High Court has observed that when right to shelter and housing has been recognised internationally as a human right, it cannot be denied to the.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Privacy, Refugees
Aadhar card not mandatory(11.08.2015)
The Supreme Court, deciding that citizens are not required to obtain Aadhar cards, directed the government to disseminate the same widely. Save for th.....
Tags : right to privacy, aadhar, government scheme
Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Whatsapp’s Privacy Policy(04.02.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea against Whatsapp’s new privacy policy and has sought responses of the Centre and WhatsApp on the petition.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Whatsapp’s Privacy Policy
SC to WhatsApp: Widely Publicise That Users Aren't Bound to Accept 2021 Privacy Policy(02.02.2023)
Supreme Court Constitution Bench has directed WhatsApp to widely publicise its stand that WhatsApp users in India don’t have to accept its 2021 privac.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Constitution Bench, WhatsApp, Data Protection Bill, Privacy Policy
Kerala HC: Right to Privacy Protects Individual Not Only from State, But Also from Citizens(17.05.2018)
Kerala High Court has said that fundamental right to privacy, which takes within its fold the right to protect ones reputation as well, would merit cl.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Right to Privacy
Supreme Court to Government: No Right to Liberty If No Privacy(06.08.2015)
Supreme Court has raised a question mark on the Government’s stand that right to privacy is not a fundamental right.
Tags : Supreme Court, Liberty, Privacy
Del. HC: No Privacy Issues MCD SMART Mobile Application(27.12.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that policy mandating attendance by paramedical staff of MCD on SMART Mobile Application is not arbitrary or unfair, .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, MCD SMART Mobile Application, Privacy
SC Sets Up 5-judge Bench to Hear the Plea Challenging WhatsApp Privacy policy(05.04.2017)
Supreme Court has set up a 5-judge bench to hear the petition accusing WhatsApp and Facebook of privacy violation.
Tags : supreme court, whatsapp, facebook, privacy policy
Delhi HC Refuses to Issue Notice on Plea Against Whatsapp’s New Privacy Policy(18.01.2021)
Delhi High Court has said that it will not issue notice in the Petition against Whatsapp application and its contentious updated privacy policy, obser.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Whatsapp’s New Privacy Policy
Orissa HC: Desist from ‘Two Finger Test’ as it violates Right to Privacy and Integrity(13.09.2023)
Orissa High Court has directed medical professionals to desist from two-finger test in the private part of the sexual assault victim as the test viola.....
Tags : Orissa High Court, Medical Professionals, Two Finger Test, Right to Privacy