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"The Bill is ready, it just has to be introduced in the Parliament in the Monsoon session at the end of June, July," the Attorney General said.. To this, the Bench replied, "So, it will be under consideration if we list in July...August will be most practical."..
Counsels appearing for the petitioners requested that the top court list the case earlier as Bill has not been introduced in the Parliament for so long.. "Consultation is a long process....
The Bench was hearing pleas filed by two students challenging WhatsApp's 2021 Privacy Policy to share users' data with parent company Facebook and others as a violation of their privacy and free speech...
Last year, the apex court had asked the government either place before the Parliament, the Bill, which addresses the privacy concerns of users and standards to be followed by WhatsApp or it will begin the final hearing in the case.. Earlier, the Centre had said Indian users cannot be discriminated against by other users of WhatsApp and informed the apex court that the government has already withdrawn the old Data Protection Bill and a new Bill will be introduced in the Parliament...
Senior advocate Shyam Divan, appearing for the petitioners, had told the Bench that Indian users are deprived of their fundamental rights and the same platform operating in other countries, especially in the European Union, has higher standards of privacy and those standards are not prevalent in India...
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