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The story so far: The Gujarat police, on Monday (August 17, 2026), reportedly seized devices belonging to independent journalist Ravi Nair while acting on a search warrant issued by a magistrate court. The police also seized a laptop and an iPad belonging to Mr. Nair’s colleague, Sachi Hegde, who was at his residence at the…
Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The story so far: The newswire agency Reuters reported that the Indian government was contemplating a requirement for smartphone makers to disclose their source code to third party testing agencies, and make this code open for review. A further requirement the agency reported was that phone makers would…
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The court said the accused cannot be deprived of all his rights guaranteed under Article 21 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday held that bail conditions allowing an investigating agency to continuously track the movements of an accused violate the right to privacy guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. A bench of Justices…
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Recording phone calls without knowledge amounts to violation of right to privacy. (Representational) Bilaspur: The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that recording the mobile phone conversation of a person without her knowledge amounts to the violation of the right to privacy under Article 21 and set aside a family court’s order. The HC observed that…
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Entities may be given about a year to tune their systems to comply with norms of Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on September 20. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of consultation with the industry, Mr. Chandrasekhar said the Data…