NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday told the constitution bench that a new data protection bill is ready and it will be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament. This was disclosed by Attorney General R Venkataramani.
The Bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and C T Ravikumar asked him to place the matter before Chief Justice D y Chandrachud to constitute a new bench as Justice Joeph is set to retire on June 16. The matter will come up for hearing in the first week of August.
Plea filed by students concerned about privacy and free speech
Senior advocate Shyam Divan, appearing for the petitioners, submitted that the court should not link its hearings to the legislatie process, which is complex requiring reference to some House committees.
The top court was hearing a plea filed by two students, Karmanya Singh Sareen and Shreya Sethi -- challenging the contract signed between WhatsApp and the parent Facebook to provide access to calls, photos, texts, videos and documents shared by users, as it violates their privacy and free speech.
