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The rise of AI has brought forth pressing concerns, ranging from the impending threat of job losses to the urgent need for regulatory frameworks and heightened considerations for user safety.

The high court set aside a 2011 order of the Central Information Commission that had allowed the plea of RTI applicant Subhash Chandra Agrawal, who had sought details on the allotment of 2G band/spectrum.

India News: Delhi high court held that the legal advice given by the solicitor general of India to the government is exempt from disclosure under Section 8(1)(e)

Delhi High Court has observed that phone tapping does not fall under the affairs of telecom service providers and the information sought also does not relate to the functions of the TRAI under the law. The court noted that "information" under the RTI Act includes any information relating to any private body, which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force.

It further said phone tapping does not fall under the affairs of telecom service providers and the information sought also does not relate to the functions of the TRAI under the law.

The high court had, in August 2021, stayed the single-judge order, saying irreparable damage will be caused if the same was not done. Lawyer Kabir Shankar Bose had filed an RTI application seeking information and details on whether his phone was being tapped and by which agency. �� Delhi High Court Refuses To Direct TRAI To Furnish Tapping Information to Mobile User Under RTI Act.

The Court said that such orders are by their very nature passed in the process of investigation which may be impeded if the information is disclosed.

Justice Subramonium Prasad held that the relationship between the Solicitor General of India and the Government of India is that of a fiduciary and a beneficiary.

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the information in relation to interception or tapping or tracking of a phone is exempted from disclosure under Section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005. A...

The Delhi High Court has accepted a submission that the advice tendered by the Solicitor General of India to the Union Government and government departments is done in the nature of fiduciary, and...