📌 Key Highlights & Quick Takeaways:
- The Supreme Court of India, while hearing a petition by 21 media organizations against the controversial provisions of the Modi government's.
- A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant has remarked that a balance has to be struck between the rights of citizens to priv.
- The Digital News Publishers Association, representing 21 media houses, has argued in the petition that the Modi government's new privacy law.
The Supreme Court of India, while hearing a petition by 21 media organizations against the controversial provisions of the Modi government's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, ordered the central government to submit a written response to the media groups' concerns.
A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant has remarked that a balance has to be struck between the rights of citizens to private life and the freedom of the press.
The Digital News Publishers Association, representing 21 media houses, has argued in the petition that the Modi government's new privacy law could lead to the imposition of preemptive censorship on media and the closure of newsrooms.
After Sridevi's death in 2018, her husband Boney Kapoor transferred this land to himself and his two daughters Jhanvi Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor.
According to the petitioners, the controversial provisions of the law pose a direct threat to investigative journalism.
