Dec 2: The meeting of the Cyber Regulations Advisory Committee held on November 29, 2012 was a historic event since it was the first time that the committee met since ITA 2000 came into effect. According to the act, CRAC deliberation is mandatory for any amendments to the Act. However there was no public knowledge of any such meeting having been held when the ITA 2000 was amended in 2008 and Naavi.org has even commented that the amendment process for ITA 2008 was faulty. In this context the current meeting held in the aftermath of the Palghar arrests under Section 66A was significant. The press release issued after the meeting records that ” a suitable clarification in the form of guidelines in this regard be issued by the Government to States and Union Territories to clarify the intent and enable uniform implementation across the country. A consensus on the content of the draft guidelines was also arrived at.” Press Release
Further information available in the press only indicates that the States have been advised that action under Section 66A may be taken only by a police officer of a higher rank as indicated in the earlier report
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