DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES OF PRIVACY IN INDIA
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Author(s):
PARAMJEET SINGH
Vol - 9, Issue- 3 ,
Page(s) : 178 - 185
(2018 )
DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/CASIRJ
Abstract
Traditionally, the notion of ‘citizenship’ has been associated with a state which has a defined territory and the people reside in that defined territory are called its citizens, provided they satisfy some requirements per law. This relationship between a geographical territory and people residing in that territory is changing . The notion of citizenship is changing with the change in the structure of the society and the way people communicate with each other
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- 366. Definition In this Constitution, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have, the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say
- .....
- (10) existing law means any law, Ordinance, order, bye law, rule or regulation passed or made before the commencement of this Constitution by any Legislature, authority or person having power to make such a law, Ordinance, order, bye law, rule or regulation;
- Article 13. Laws inconsistent with or in derogation of the fundamental rights
- (1) All laws in force in the territory of India immediately before the commencement of this Constitution, in so far as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Part, shall, to the extent of such inconsistency, be void
- (2) The State shall not make any law which takes away or abridges the rights conferred by this Part and any law made in contravention of this clause shall, to the extent of the contravention, be void
- (3) In this article, unless the context otherwise requires law includes any Ordinance, order, bye law, rule, regulation, notification, custom or usages having in the territory of India the force of law; laws in force includes laws passed or made by Legislature or other competent authority in the territory of India before the commencement of this Constitution and not previously repealed, notwithstanding that any such law or any part thereof may not be then in operation either at all or in particular areas
- (4) Nothing in this article shall apply to any amendment of this Constitution made under Article 368 Right of Equality
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