Indian media groups challenge Modi's privacy law in the Supreme Court

The law would require journalists to seek consent from the people they write about. Publishers told the court it amounts to pre-censorship.

News publishers in the challenge

21 publishers

A group of 21 news publishers, including companies owned by billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, has challenged the law.

Newsrooms will shut down if we have to ask for permission.

— Madhavi Goradia Divan, publishers' lawyer

What's next

The Supreme Court posted the case for November. The contested provisions take effect in May 2027.