The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 27) sought a response from the Centre on a petition challenging provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act and the DPDP Rules on the grounds that they allegedly infringe press freedom and the right to information.
\n\nA bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana issued notice after hearing senior advocate Madhavi Divan, who appeared for the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA).
\n\nThe matter has been listed for further hearing on November 17, along with other pending matters.
\n\nThe plea sought to strike down several provisions of the data protection law and its accompanying rules as unconstitutional. It argued that the absence of an exemption for journalistic activities could seriously impede news reporting, undermine investigative journalism and compromise the confidentiality of sources.
\n\nDuring the hearing, Divan described the petition as perhaps the first comprehensive challenge by what she termed the “legacy media”, distinguishing traditional news organisations from citizen journalists.
\n\n“This is perhaps the first comprehensive petition by what we call legacy media. There has been some debate over citizen journalists. We are the traditional, conventional legacy media,” she said.
\n\nThe senior lawyer urged the bench…
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