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Prisoners convicted for heinous offences against women and children are not eligible to be granted special remission as part of the celebrations for Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, said the Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday.
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SC issues formal notices to WhatsApp, Facebook in UPI data protection case Credit: Aditi Agrawal
The Supreme Court on Monday issued formal notices to Facebook, WhatsApp, Google, and Amazon in response to a petition seeking regulations on data collection by Unified Payments Interface (UPI) companies. The plea filed by Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Binoy Viswam says that Indians’ right to privacy should be protected from being misused by “giant corporations” for their “financial ends”. It has also sought that WhatsApp Pay’s full-scale operations be halted until complies with the necessary legal provisions.
During the hearing, it was pointed out that WhatsApp, Facebook, and Amazon were yet to file their counter-arguments. The Supreme Court had initially sent notices to these companies in October 2020.
December 10, 2020
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought replies from the Law Ministry, Finance Ministry, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in response to a petition seeking regulation of payment companies like Google Pay, Amazon Pay and PhonePe, among others. LiveLaw was the first to report the development.
The petition, filed by applied economist Reshmi P Bhaskaran, states that in the absence of dedicated regulations, non-licensed technology companies and e-commerce players, “TechFins”, have entered the financial domain through partnerships with existing entities and are competing with regulated financial institutions without having to comply with the same requirements. “That such operation of technology companies in the finance sector poses potential risk to financial security, potential breach of systematic citizen’s data, customers including businesses and customers and is thereby requested to be regulated by the petiti