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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

7 Aug 2026 6:47 pm