SC to examine impact of DPDP law on RTI, investigative journalism
The court said both the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 and the RTI Act were central legislations with a need to harmonise them; it would examine if this restrictive or ‘cautionary approach’ to sharing data under the DPDP Act worked to repeal earlier transparency legislations
· 8/7/2026, 1:17:40 PM· 2 min read
The court said both the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 and the RTI Act were central legislations with a need to harmonise them; it would examine if this restrictive or ‘cautionary approach’ to sharing data under the DPDP Act worked to repeal earlier transparency legislations
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