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Courts & Case Law
Star Health and Allied Insurance Company — High Court / Supreme Court
Unauthorized access and download of personal data · 2026-10-05
Key facts
- Authority
- High Court, Supreme Court of India
- Date
- 2026-10-05
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Legal provision
- IT Act Section 66
- Penalty
- No financial penalty (Warning/Order)
- Outcome
- Investigation Ongoing
- Violation
- Unauthorized access and download of personal data
What happened
The Supreme Court declined to quash the criminal case against researcher Himanshu Pathak for allegedly accessing and downloading thousands of Star Health customers' personal, health and financial records, allowing the prosecution to proceed. The matter remains under investigation with no monetary penalty imposed yet.
Sources & provenance
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- ✓ indiankanoon.org official
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- • news.google.com
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Record ID: AUTO-2026-9E68CD · updated 2026-10-09