Jay Shah’s lawyer in defamation suit had opposed Right to Privacy in SC
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The criminal defamation suit has been filed against seven people including The Wire reporter Rohini Singh, editors Siddharth Varadarajan, Sidharth Bhatia and M K Venu and others in an Ahmedabad court.
cheap moncler In her report, Rohini Singh reproduces what Jay Shah’s lawyer Manik Dogra told her: ‘In view of the answers and explanations detailed above, the facts are absolutely clear and you are requested not to publish anything in this behalf, which would moncler sale outlet not only infringe my clients’ privacy cheap moncler jackets sale rights, but would also be libelous and/or defamatory’ (Emphasis added). cheap moncler
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In that case, Tushar Mehta, then appearing for the UIDAI and moncler sale the state of Madhya Pradesh, had told the Supreme Court’s 9 judge Constitution Bench that ‘it is neither necessary nor appropriate to recognise privacy as a fundamental right’ (page 344 of the 547 page verdict). Justice S A Bobde refers to his submission before rejecting it.
cheap moncler sale According to Tushar Mehta, ‘Privacy is an inherently vague and subjective concept and cannot, therefore, be accorded the status of a fundamental right. Further, codified statutory law in India already confers protection to the individual’s right to privacy.’ cheap moncler sale
According to him, moncler jackets outlet no further expansion of the rights contained in Part III of our Constitution is at all warranted (page 344 of the verdict).
Justice R F Nariman refers to this submission before rejecting it.
The Constitution Bench found not an iota of merit in his arguments and rejected Mehta’s contention.
moncler sale outlet In his response to The Wire, Manik Dogra, Jay Shah’s lawyer, warned everyone in the print, electronic or digital media saying, ‘If you or anyone in the print, electronic or digital media carries and/or broadcasts any defamatory and/or false imputations including those which breach his fundamental right of privacy and/or defame him, Jay Shah reserves the right to prosecute and sue such person/entity including anyone who carries or broadcasts a repetition of such libelous/defamatory statement.’ moncler sale outlet
Dogra further told The Wire, ‘Jay Shah is a private citizen doing his legitimate business. His business transactions are honest, legal and bona fide. Your questionnaire indicates that your intention is to drag him into a false and a manufactured controversy.’
moncler outlet online ‘Any slant or imputation which alleges or suggests any impropriety on his part will not only be false but also malicious and defamatory. It will also be a breach of his fundamental right to privacy.’ moncler outlet online
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moncler mens jackets Notably, opposing the recognition of ‘fundamental right to privacy’, Rakesh Dwivedi, the senior counsel appearing for moncler outlet online the state of Gujarat, had argued that, ‘It is only when individuals disclose certain personal information in order to avail a benefit moncler outlet store that it could be said that they have no reasonable expectation of privacy as they have voluntarily and freely parted with such information.’ moncler mens jackets
cheap moncler coats In the light of Dwivedi’s contention which check it out has been recorded in the verdict, did Jay Shah waive his right to ‘reasonable expectation of privacy’ if he ‘voluntarily and freely parted with such information’ which is quoted moncler jacket sale in The Wire report? cheap moncler coats
cheap moncler jackets Isn’t Jay Shah’s invocation of violation of fundamental right to privacy ‘premature’ because the reporter has only brought to light what was already in the public domain as filings with the Registrar of Companies? cheap moncler jackets
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