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Chapter 4.1.2: Notice Dated 24.02.2012 to the Parliament of India

The Members of Parliament are, hereby, notified as under:

1. That there is no comprehensive law in India dealing with the infringement of privacy.

2. That it has been observed that the police, the intelligence agencies, the big corporates, etc., indulge in the collection and real time viewing of the personal private information of the citizens of India, more often than not, illegally, and, still worse, they share it with influential private persons like politicians, big business men, HNIs, etc.; for example, the information about prospective and existing grooms, brides, employees, etc., is shared.

3. That, however, with the availability of easy technology, even private persons have started infringing the privacy of the other fellow citizens with little effort. The mobiles are the most ill-exploited technology tools.

4. That such a situation has led to mass exploitation of poor citizens by local leaders and goons, especially politicians and shady businessmen. The situation is so bad that the obscene MMSs of poor girls have started surfacing even in villages. In some urban quarters, the creation and dissemination of the obscene MMSs of girls and, at times also guys, has become a leisure industry. Politicians and police are actively indulging in and supporting such endeavors also because it gives them power over people.

5. That privacy is one of the most cherished right of individuals, and the western propaganda of mass infringement of privacy, as in the Rupert Murdoch case, can’t be accepted by me.

6. That, in such circumstances, I, hereby, call upon you to immediately pass a strict and comprehensive law dealing with the infringement of privacy in the current budget session; failing which, I shall punish anybody who, without any authority of law, infringes or has already infringed my privacy; and, I shall punish the offender in the manner best found suitable by me on the principle of eye-for-an-eye without worrying about consequences including the disobedience of the laws of India.

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Addendum

The above notice has been served upon the Parliament through the Speaker, Lok Sabha, on 24.02.2012 by sending an e-mail on the id speakerloksabha@sansad.nic.in. The notice has also been served upon Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha through their Secretary Generals on 26.04.2012 by sending e-mails on the ids vnathan@sansad.nic.in and secygen.rs@sansad.nic.in respectively. ©2012-2015 Ankur Mutreja