The DPDPA Challenge in Supreme Court

(This is a continuation of the discussion on the seeking of scrapping of DPDPA and DPDPA rules by three petitioners in the Supreme Court)

The Supreme Court heard three petitions on February 16 challenging DPDPA act as well as the rules.

The key aspects of the disputes raised are

1. Section 44(3) which amends RTI act section 8(1) will dilute the current provisions.
2. Government seeks powers to seek data from data fiduciaries
3. The Act fails to bring a balance between Right to Privacy and Right to freedom of information.

Naavi.org would analyse the petitions in detail in due course. We are in receipt of copy of one of the petitions posted by Mr Apar Gupta on his website. Copies of the other two petitions are still not available.

Naavi