'Post Office Bill Certain To Be Misused'

'It does two things that even our erstwhile colonial masters did not deem fit for their subjects: The Bill does away with any checks or balances on the exercise of interception and surveillance......

Retiring SC judge says tolerance must for each other's opinion

People must have tolerance for each other's opinion at a time when the tolerance level has gone down internationally, Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said on Friday. IMAGE: Supreme......

Marriage doesn't eclipse right to privacy, says HC on wife's Aadhaar plea

Marriage does not do away with the procedural rights of a person to divulge his personal information, a division bench of the high court has said. Setting aside the order of a single judge, the......

SC refuses to bar Bihar from releasing more caste data, but...

The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the Bihar government as to why it published its caste survey data but refused to restrain it from making public further data, and said it may examine if the......

Why India must worry over the Data Protection Bill

Sections in the draft Personal Data Protection Bill are a blatant violation of the Right to Privacy as guaranteed by the Constitution, experts tell Sudipto Dey. IMAGE: According to Clause 26 of......

Caution: You are still being watched!

The government claims the existing safeguards under the law are adequate, lawful, towards a legitimate purpose and provide for a "proportionate interference" in citizens' right to privacy, reports......

Aadhaar, a robust, lifetime, reusable, nationally on-line verifiable ID: UIDAI to SC

The Aadhaar issuing authority, Unique Identification Authority Of India, has no data on those who have been denied benefits for want of the 12-digit biometric identification number, the Supreme......

Should Aadhaar be made mandatory?

There is considerable confusion among the people about whether they should or should not have an Aadhaar number, notes Jyoti Mukul Even as the Supreme Court sits to hear arguments on the......