Section 44 DPDP Act: Amendments to certain Acts

Section 44: Amendments to certain Acts

(1) In section 14 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (24 of 1997), in clause (c), for sub-clauses (i) and (ii), the following sub-clauses shall be substituted, namely:—

“(i) the Appellate Tribunal under the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000);

(ii) the Appellate Tribunal under the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008 (27 of 2008); and

(iii) the Appellate Tribunal under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.”.

(2) The Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000) shall be amended in the following manner, namely:—

(a) section 43A shall be omitted;

(b) in section 81, in the proviso, after the words and figures “the Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970)”, the words and figures “or the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023” shall be inserted; and

(3) In section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005), in sub-section (1), for clause (j), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

“(j) information which relates to personal information;”.

Questions on this section

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1. Assertion (A): Section 8(1)(j) of the Right to Information Act, 2005, as substituted by the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 with effect from 13 November 2025, exempts 'information which relates to personal information'. Reason (R): Section 8(2) permits a public authority to allow access to information, notwithstanding the exemptions in section 8(1), if public interest in disclosure outweighs the harm to the protected interests.