Monthly Archives: March 2015
SEBI to introduce Fraud Disclosure Norms
In a long awaited move, SEBI is in the process of introducing norms for disclosure of fraud information for listed companies. According to the guidelines likely to be announced by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Monday, … Continue reading
“The Judgement is unfortunate” ..says Cyber Expert from Chennai
Reflecting on the Supreme Court judgement in Shreya Singhal Vs Union of India, Mr Rajendran, a cyber expert from Chennai wrote as follows: “No doubt it is a landmark judgement. But we in Cyber Society of India (and myself personally) … Continue reading
“Forgive them Because they donot know what they are celebrating”..
Mr Mahendra Limaye, a practicing advocate from Nagpur who has been active in Cyber Law related litigation as well as many PILs in the domain has reacted to the way journalists have been hailing the recent Supreme Court verdict with … Continue reading
Bangalore techie arrested ..now under Section 67 instead of Section 66A
The Supreme Court in its judgement on striking down of Section 66A was hailed as a saviour of wrongful arrests under ITA 2008. Now it is reproted that a techie in Chennai has been arrested under Section 67. Report in … Continue reading
The Net effect of the Supreme Court judgement on ITA 2008
The summary of the judgement of the Supreme Court bench consisting of Justice J.Chelameswar and Justice R.F. Nariman dated March 24, 2015 is as follows: (a) Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 is struck down in its entirety being … Continue reading
Section 66A: Why this Judgement is not a “Landmark Judgement” as hailed
The former Law Minister and Karnataka Governor Mr H R Bharadwaj has confirmed what everybody knew that Section 66A was misused wantonly by UPA. However, the Supreme Court which gave its judgement scrapping the section did not even give a … Continue reading