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Police, Prosecutors and Judiciary: Please Don’t Create Fake Laws out of your misinterpretation

When a Palghar girl posted a message on her Facebook raising a query …Why there should be Mumbai Bundh if Mr Bal Thakrey has died? and another Palghar girl clicked on “Like” button against the message, Police in Palghar moved … Continue reading

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NPCI and RBI cannot absolve themselves of responsibility in UPI Fraud

The recent Bank of Maharashtra UPI FraudĀ in which Rs 25 crores were siphoned off from the Bank through UPI payment requests which were honoured by the system though there were no funds in the accounts, as well as the report … Continue reading

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Was Gurmeher Kaur guilty of “Trolling”?

For the last week or so, there have been intense debate on the social media and TV media about the Gurmeher Kaur incident where the 20 year old student of Delhi University kicked off a controversy by posting a You … Continue reading

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Suggestions on Modification of ITA 2008

There is an exercise going on in Delhi to modify ITA 2008. Last time when ITA 2000 was amended, the trigger was the Bazee.com case where the CEO of baazee.com (now ebay.in) was prosecuted under Section 85 of ITA 2000 … Continue reading

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Demonetization and Legality.. A counter to Ms Namita Wahi

This article is a response to the article today in Economic Times by one Ms Namita Wahi, of the Center of Policy Research. The article appears to be an attempt to influence the Supreme Court which is hearing the PIL … Continue reading

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Police target WhatsApp Admins and Facebook posters once again

I refer to an article which appeared in Hindustan Times recently, (Read the article here). I also refer to the article on Police action in Tamil Nadu on rumours on Jayalalithaa’s health. The article on Jharkhand is headlined “WhatsApp admin … Continue reading

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