Topic
Constitutional Law
7 items.
12 Jul 2021
Blog post
The Ministry And The Trace: Subverting End-To-End EncryptionA legal and technical analysis of the 'traceability' rule and its impact on messaging privacy.
5 Jul 2021
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Comments on the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021In this submission, we examine the constitutionality and legality of the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was released by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
31 Dec 2020
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Notes From a Foreign Field: The European Court of Human Rights on Russia’s Website BlockingThis blogpost summarises the human rights principles applied by the Court to website blocking, and discusses how they can be instructive to petitions in the Delhi High Court that challenge arbitrary censorship in India.
15 Dec 2014
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Overview of the Constitutional Challenges to the IT ActThere are currently ten cases before the Supreme Court challenging various provisions of the Information Technology Act, the rules made under that, and other laws, that are being heard jointly. Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan who's arguing …
31 May 2014
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Two Arguments Against the Constitutionality of Section 66AGautam Bhatia explores the constitutionality of Section 66A in light of recent events.
27 Jan 2014
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Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 2: Gobind and the Compelling State Interest TestGautam Bhatia analyses the first case in which the Supreme Court recognized a constitutional right to privacy, Gobind v. State of Madhya Pradesh, and argues that the holding in that case adopted the three-pronged American test of strict …
13 Jan 2014
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Surveillance and the Indian Constitution - Part 1: FoundationsIn this insightful seven-part series, Gautam Bhatia looks at surveillance and the right to privacy in India from a constitutional perspective, tracing its genealogy through Supreme Court case law and compares it with the law in the USA.