The Supreme Court asks the Centre to file a response to challenges by media bodies to provisions in India’s data protection law relating to journalistic activities and privacy. Multiple reports say the court is seeking the government’s stand on whether the law’s journalism-related exemption adequately protects press freedom.
India Today and other outlets frame the issue as one of press freedom and the practical impact on journalism. Scroll.in focuses on a specific challenge raised through a plea by the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA), which represents 21 news organisations, saying the Act threatens journalistic activities. Other outlets (including Times of India and The Economic Times) similarly describe the court’s request for a government reply, without adding further detail in the provided summaries.
