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Quantum Computing and Emerging Cyber Law Challenges..Are we ready?

Cyber Laws have been in discussion in India since around 1998 when the first draft was published. After the passage of Information Technology Act 2000, the laws came into existence and started affecting every one of our activities on computer … Continue reading

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Role of Potential Digital Evidence in criminal investigations

During the last week, Bengaluru witnessed a disturbing display of lawlessness by a group led by a son of a Congress MLA. The case involved a brawl in a Pub called “Farzi Cafe” in UB City in which another person … Continue reading

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Contingent Electronic Evidence and Evidence Drop Box, Concepts which we should be aware of..

After the Basheer judgement, there has been several discussions on the Section 65B (IEA) certification of electronic evidence for “Admissibility”. I suppose some clarity has dawned on the community with these discussions, though there are some areas which continue to … Continue reading

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Recipe for corruption in Judiciary- Supreme Court judgement in Shafhi Mohammad V State of Himachal Pradesh

Viewers would have observed several News paper reports in the last few days with headlines such asĀ  -“Courts can rely on Electronic Records without Certificate: SC” (Deccan herald), (Free Press Journal) -“Party Not In Possession Of Device From Which Electronic … Continue reading

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MHA advisory on Cyber Crime Prevention and Control

The Ministry of Home Affairs released a circular on 13th January 2018 to all the State Governments and UT Administrators recommending some measures towards better Cyber Crime prevention in the respective Sstates and UTs. Copy of the Advisory The Circular … Continue reading

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Misleading Article in Times of India on Mobile Pictures and CCTV footage as Evidence

Today, there was a misleading article published in Times of India titled “Mobile pics, videos may be allowed as evidence”. By implication it meant that so far it is not accepted as evidence. The article says that there is a … Continue reading

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