Supreme Court Examines if Data Law Undermines Right to Know
India's Supreme Court is checking if a new data protection law stops people from getting information. This affects transparency and your right to know.
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https://newsletter.tf/supreme-court-data-law-right-to-know-india/
India's top court is looking at a new data law. Some people worry it stops citizens from using the Right to Information (RTI) to get personal details. The court will decide if this new law goes against the public's right to know.
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https://newsletter.tf/supreme-court-data-law-right-to-know-india/
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Note: This is based on a First Appeal Petition filed under Section 19(1) of RTI Act 2005 dated 04.02.2026
#RightToRepair should be enough but it's not because it gets (re)interpreted as
"a right to get it repaired by a licensed & authorise repair shop"
We need better!
We need a #RightToSalvage w/o having to ask permission or pay for authorisation
We need a #RightToInteroperability so things work together
We need a #RightToPreserve to keep our culture from disappearing
We need a #RightToEncryption to have a private life
We need a #RightToInformation to get the schematics, repair manuals, etc
by Akhil Yadav
Article-14
November 24, 2025
India’s new data protection rules—issued eight years after the Supreme Court declared privacy a fundamental right—create a system that puts State authority first and privacy later. They allow officials to quietly demand personal data without judicial oversight, while forcing companies to keep citizens in the dark. They endanger investigative journalism, curb the right to information, and place whistleblowers, sources, and democratic accountability at risk.
RTI: Government Withholds Details of Social Media Takedown Notices, Cites details of Section 79 instead
https://www.medianama.com/2025/05/223-government-denies-meta-youtube-takedown-rti/
Yup; of course they withheld information. 
#RightToInformation #Government #Medianama #India #Section79 #Freedom
धामी के लिए गरम दूध बने मंत्री गणेश जोशी।
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Years of data goes missing from Union government’s RTI portal
Hundreds of RTI applications and their responses from Union public authorities have disappeared from the RTIOnline website; the site has processed 58.3 lakh applications since 2013.
#RTI #RTIOnline #DOPT #NIC #RightToInformation #UnionGovt #transparency #governance #BJP #india
Right to Information activists notice that records of previous applications have disappeared in the hundreds from the RTIOnline portal. The Hindu viewed and verified samples of applications from two RTI activists, one of whom has had their entire account purged of information from before 2022.
Small steps towards developing a cumulative index of legal sources and #information provided by the Indian government. Here's a proof of concept for a web app I'm looking to develop further - https://sankalpsrv.github.io/2023/07/22/DemonstratingDatabaseUse/#AlphaRelease
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