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India's Privacy Law Faces RTI Challenge
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Latest Article
03/23
Active Days
35
Executive Summary
India's top court is weighing challenges to a privacy law amendment that limits RTI disclosures and could curb public-interest reporting
- The Supreme Court declined to stay the RTI amendment pending full hearing
- The change blocks release of personal information even in public interest
- Petitioners say the amendment upsets the balance between privacy and transparency
- The court plans to place the issue before a larger bench in March
- The law is challenged by The Reporters Collective and the National Campaign for Peoples Right to Information
- Critics say the rules may chill investigative reporting and accountability journalism
- The amendment could let officials withhold names tied to public projects or misconduct
Quick Facts
- What: Challenge a privacy law amendment limiting RTI disclosures
- Where: New Delhi, before the Supreme Court of India
- Why: The change may restrict public-interest information and reporting
- Who: Indian Supreme Court petitioners and the Union government
- When: Hearing set for March with a Monday order
Coverage Timeline: 35 Days
Featured Article
Transparency activists and journalists filed four Supreme Court challenges on March 23 in India against the Digital Personal Data Protection Act over RTI-related personal information disclosure limits.
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Transparency activists and journalism groups seek Supreme Court review on March 23 of an RTI amendment tied to India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act.
Supreme Court of India declined to stay amendments to the DPDP Act affecting RTI disclosures in New Delhi on Monday.
On Mar 23, activists and journalists filed Supreme Court challenges to India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act after RTI disclosure changes limited release of personal information.