Monthly Archives: July 2017
Let’s Not misinterpret the Sonu@Amar judgement on Section 65B
This is to ensure that we donot mis-interpret the judgement in the Sonu@Amar Vs State of Haryana going only by the discussions on legal issues that the Judge has added in the Judgement before arriving at the final judgement. My … Continue reading
It is “Alias Amar” Vs Anvar and the winner is …..Section 65B
It was way back on 17th October 2000 that ITA 2000 was notified and long with it the Indian Evidence Act 1872 got amended with several new sections being added to address the issue of Electronic Evidence. One such issue … Continue reading
Deletion of CCTV footage could be an offence under Section 65/66 of ITA 2008 and Section 204 of IPC
In the recent days, we have heard of many instances when CCTV footages have gone missing in important Criminal investigations. This will frustrate the investigations and completely destroy the case. Deletion of CCTV footages have been alleged in the case … Continue reading
Can Criminal cases be revisited if Sec 65B certificate is absent?
In what can be considered as a serious concern to criminal cases where decisions have already been taken based on electronic evidence without Sec 65B certificate, Supreme Court has debated the issue of challenge of Electronic Evidence at the appeal … Continue reading
CERT-FIN… the proposed Security Czar for BFSI sector
We have discussed some aspects of the organizational structure for the proposed CERT-Fin in our previous article (See here). Let’s now see some of the other aspects of the report on which public comments can be submitted upto July 31, … Continue reading
Proposed CERT for Financial Sector (CERT-FIN)… Will it create an efficient organization?
The Working Group under the Chairmanship of the Director General of CERT-IN constituted to study and submit the recommendations on the setting up of a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) exclusively for the Financial Sector in India covering Banks, Fintech … Continue reading