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Have You ever suffered from Harassment over E Mails and SMS?

The recent Supreme Court judgement in the case of Shreya Singhal Vs Union of India which resulted in the scrapping of Section 66A of Information Technology Act 2008 has opened up a debate on whether a specific remedy for E-Mail/SMS/MMS … Continue reading

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“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

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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

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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

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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

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Section 66A coming for review at Supreme Court..the issues

Supreme Court has set December 2nd as the final  date of hearing  when it will hear all cases related to Section 66A. Report in Hindu According to the news report, a Bench of Justices J.Chelameswar and S.A.Bobde will hear the … Continue reading

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