DATA BILL WOULD BE PASSED IN THE WINTER SESSION AS THE DISSENT NOTES ARE WITHOUT FOUNDATION

The joint parliamentary committee on informations headed by Shri PP Choudhary has stated that data Bill has more safe guard than Articles 19 and 21 and it would be passed during the winter session however the opposition MPs have stated that the Report allows government unbridled powers to exempt it's agencies from the data Bill and further questioned why have you brought non personal data under the purview of this bill .As such the committee has recommended bringing hardware manufacturers under the purview of proposed legislation so how will this pan out .Though the Report recommends social media platforms be designated content publishers , there is a view that the big tech has been let of rather easily. It is further mentioned by the opposite front MPs that data fiduciaries have 72 hours to report a data breach , and it is more than required why should not it be immediate .More over it is not correct to say that the said law will impact the digital economy of the India .As people of country are thinking that this law is only to deprive people of their personal liberty and privacy however the ruling party members and the chairman of the JCC has stated that the dissent notes are without any reasonable cause of reasoning and the section 35 has more reasonable safeguards than those in Article 19 and 21 of the constitution of India and more over any exercise of these powers is open to the judicial review.