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 legislationsThe 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 https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sc-to-examine-impact-of-dpdp-law-on-rti-investigative-journalism/article71317413.ece 2026-08-07T13:17:40.000Z India {}