Category Archives: Cyber Law

The recent spate of fake Bomb threats to different Airline companies and an open advisory from a Khalistani Terrorist not to travel in Air India are acts of terrorism that fit well into the definition of Cyber Terrorism under Section … Continue reading →

In a recent meeting of the officials of MeitY with the ministry, it is reported that the officials suggested the industry to get cracking on the implementation of DPDPA 2023 without waiting for publication of the rules. This suggests that … Continue reading →

Yesterday we had a very useful discussion on whether there is a need to regulate the Dark Web and whether it is desirable and whether it is feasible. As expected one school of thought was of the firm view that … Continue reading →

October 17, 2000 was the day when Information Technology Act 2000 (ITA 2000) became effective. The essence of ITA 2000 was the legal recognition for binary documents and authentication with the use of PKI based Digital signatures. Together, legally valid … Continue reading →

In October 2023 when Mr Rajeev Chandrashekar was the minister of IT, a draft national strategy on Robotics had been released for public consultation. In July 2024, Government announced that 5576 responses were received and closed. Since then no further … Continue reading →

The Dark Web by definition is different from the legal “Deep Web” which is hidden from access through publicly accessible search engines like Google. Deep web is a space controlled by individual entities for their legitimate use and not illegal … Continue reading →