Monthly Archives: March 2015
Mehdi gets a reprieve… Section 66A scrapped by Supreme Court
This news report in Deccan Herald (25/3/2015) does not require any comments. We will see more such news in the days to come when the effect of scrapping of Section 66A starts taking its effect. People who are rejoicing the … Continue reading
Section 66A: Judiciary asserts its rights over Executive
The judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the Shreya Singhal Vs Union of India is notable for the fact that the Court has conspicuously asserted its rights over the judiciary and castigated the law makers for the “Vague … Continue reading
Cases that prompted scrapping of Section 66A by the Supreme Court
Ever since the judgement of the Supreme Court on Section 66A was pronounced yesterday there have been discussions all over the media hailing the Court for having upheld the great principle of democracy, viz the “Freedom of Expression”. In the … Continue reading
Section 66A struck down
Finally Supreme Court has struck down Section 66A as “Unconstitutional”. At the same time it has upheld the validity of Section 69 and Section 79 (intermediary rules). COPY OF SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT This has been hailed as a victory for … Continue reading
This is not a simple theft.. It is Cyber Terrorism
Times of India has reported a story today from Surat (Refer: Decoder of Secret Information stolen..) in which it is reported that a precious decoder used by Police to decode encrypted messages has been stolen. The report states “The device which … Continue reading
Lessons from China to Indian Bankers and RBI
China Banking Regulations Commission (CBRC) has notified guidelines to the Banking industry to use “Secure and Controllable Technology” to strengthen the Internet based Banking system. This guideline has the potential to bring significant changes to the IT industry in China … Continue reading