Search Results for Tag : 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 .....
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News
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
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.....
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Delhi HC: Allegations That Voting Strategy of Individual is Sold Off, Encroaches Right to Privacy(16.06.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that alleging that the voting strategy of an individual or of a political party or their nominees has been sold off without .....
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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
Del. HC: Subjecting Citizen to Police Scrutiny Without Any Reason is Invasion of Right to Privacy(25.07.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that subjecting a citizen to police scrutiny including verification of personal documents for no good reason would entail a .....
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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
Judgments
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
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.....
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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
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.....
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Supreme Court Outlines 3-Tier Approach to 'Right to Privacy', Reserves Verdict(03.08.2017)
Supreme Court has outlined a three-tier, graded approach to the question whether privacy is a fundamental right by examining the issue through its int.....
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Madras HC: Right to Privacy, Reputation Extinguishes After Death(19.04.2021)
Madras High Court has ruled that the right to privacy of an individual and the reputation earned during their lifetime extinguishes after death, and t.....
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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.....
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Mad. HC: Ritual of Devotee Rolling Over Leaves on Which Food Was Eaten by Others, Allowed(20.05.2024)
Mad. HC has allowed a person to perform ritual of rolling over leaves on which food was eaten by others and observed that if right to privacy includes.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Spiritual Orientation, Right to 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 .....
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Supreme Court on Right to Privacy: Apple Gets Your Personal Data, Why Not The State?(21.07.2017)
Supreme Court, while hearing a challenge to Government's massive biometric or "Aadhaar" database, has said that companies like Apple already have acce.....
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UK Supreme Court on Right to Privacy: No Expectation of Privacy in Open Court Proceedings(21.07.2017)
UK Supreme Court, while refusing to allow plea for anonymity by a man who was arrested for child sex abuse, has said while a party is entitled to invo.....
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