The Digital Data Protection Bill, 2022: A Critical Study in Context of Privacy Perspective in India

The Data Protection Bill was first framed by Justice B.N. Srikrishna Committee in the wake of the Supreme Court’s judgment in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy vs. Union of India case of 2017. The draft Bill was introduced in the Parliament but was sent to a Joint Parliamentary Committee for a detailed scrutiny. After wide and exhaustive deliberations, the Committee presented its recommendations on the table of the Parliament in the latter part of 2021. However, the government of India withdrew the Bill of 2018, and started fresh thinking on the Bill. Now, the Bill has been renamed as Digital Data Protection Bill which is now sharing the public domain for public comments. This paper attempts to examine various aspects of the proposed Bill, especially its impact on the right to privacy, a fundamental right in India.