SC Issues Notice to Centre on Plea Challenging 2023 Data Protection Law

• Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on plea challenging the constitutional validity of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023.
• Plea by The Reporters' Collective and Nitin Sethi argues the new data regime dilutes the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
• Petition claims the DPDP Act grants the Centre "sweeping powers" over personal data.
• Bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi agreed to examine the Act's legal complexities.
• Court refused to grant an interim stay on the impugned provisions, stating the Act lacks surgical precision.