Court Asks Centre To Reply To Plea Seeking Review Of Data Breaches

The petitioner said data breaches of BigBasket, Domino's, MobiKwik and Air India have compromised sensitive personal information of millions of users

The Delhi High Court today asked the centre to file a reply in a petition seeking direction to Computer Emergency Respondent Team -India (CERT-In), for commencing investigation and review of the recent data breaches of BigBasket, Domino's, MobiKwik and Air India. Justice Rekha Palli has asked centre and others to file a reply and listed the matter for further hearing on September 23. Advocate Ajay Digpaul, the centre's standing counsel, appeared with Himanshu Pathak and Kamal Digpaul and sought time to obtain instructions. The court was hearing a petition by Yarlagadda Kiran Chandra through advocates Prasanth Sugathan, Prasanna S, Apurva Singh and Yuvraj Singh Rathore.