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One more aspect of ITA 2008 needs to be referred to Supreme Court
Presently two important petitions regading ITA 2008 are before the Supreme Court. The first petition Shreya Singhal v. Union of India has argued that Section 66A of the Act is unconstitutional and needs to be deleted. The second petition Dilipkumar Tulsidas Shah … Continue reading
Supreme Court to consider PIL for regulatory framework for Cyber Crime
Based on a writ petition [Dilipkumar Tulsidas Shah v. Union of India, W.P. (C) 97/2013] filed an industrialist based in Pune, who was arrested for an alleged cyber crime, the Supreme Court has on Friday issued notice to the Central … Continue reading
A Constitutional Crisis is being triggered by the Kerala Ordinance on Defamation
When Section 66A of ITA 2000/8 was scrapped, by the Supreme Court in 2015, most people hailed the decision of the Supreme Court as a torch bearer of “Freedom of Speech”. Naavi.org had its reservations on the scrapping since it … Continue reading
How To Respond to Rogue elements on the Social Media?
Internet was a great invention. Social media running on the Internet was a great utilization of technology which gave the ordinary internet user, the power of being a journalist. Unfortunately, the greed of mankind has taken over both the Internet … Continue reading