Supreme Court hears challenge to personal data protection law

What happened

• The consortium filed a petition questioning the lack of a specific exemption for newsrooms under the DPDP Act.
• The petition seeks a judicial ruling that would carve out journalistic processing from the law’s consent and data‑subject rights requirements.
• The Supreme Court has scheduled hearings to consider the argument.
• No immediate regulatory amendment has been announced.

Why it matters

If the court grants the exemption, other media organisations will need to review their data‑handling policies to align with any new judicial carve‑out and may reduce compliance burdens related to consent and subject‑rights requests.

Business impact

A favorable ruling could lower operational costs for newsrooms by limiting the scope of DPDP obligations, while a denial would maintain current compliance requirements across the industry.