Neha Thomas

Subramanian Swamy is famous for not just being a senior leader at the Bhartiya Janata Party, he is also known for filing several PILs in several matters. The latest to join this long list of PILs is the one filed regarding the illegalities committed by RBI officials.

High Courts are bestowed with power under Article 227 of the Indian Constitution, and the powers of the Supreme Court is enshrined in Article 136 of the Constitution. What happens when the High Court decides to exercise its power in a similar fashion to the Supreme Court?

The Central Government has the power to decide what community can be considered a minority. This provision is extremely problematic as it can be misused. Therefore, challenging the Constitutional validity of the said provision a petition was filed before the Supreme Court.

The dilemma of “bail and not jail” resurfaced again in the Supreme Court in the case of granting bail to Najeeb, the accused in a case of chopping the hand off of a professor in the state of Kerala.

The recent update on WhatsApp sends shockwaves throughout the country. The question of how safe is one’s privacy and how protected is one’s data privacy in our country rose yet again. Several PILs have been filed in the Supreme Court of the country raising the issue of data privacy especially associated with the sharing of UPI data with third-party apps.