CJI B R Gavai said India’s legal system is guided by the “rule of law, not the rule of the bulldozer.” Delivering a lecture in Mauritius, he cited key Supreme Court verdicts shaping democracy and rights.
A Delhi court upheld the right to privacy by denying a petition for hotel CCTV footage related to an alleged extramarital affair among Army officers. The ruling emphasized that the hotel must protect guest confidentiality and that private information cannot be released without proper legal grounds, reinforcing individual privacy rights and natural justice principles.
