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Goodbye to “Privacy”.. your email/SMS is now “Public Right to Know”?.. Impact of Section 66A Judgement

The two member bench of Supreme Court of India which gave its judgement on 24th March 2015, scrapping Section 66A of ITA 2008 has given a mortal blow to the concept of Privacy in communications in India. According to the … Continue reading

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Can Section 66A decision of Supreme Court be reviewed?

The two member bench of the Supreme Court of India in its decision on 24th march 2015 (Shreya Singhal Vs Union of India [Writ Petition (criminal) 167 of 2012] with other writ petitions, struck down Section 66A of ITA 2000 … 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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At Last Government of India remembers the Cyber Appellate Tribunal

After nearly 4 years of mysterious inaction, Government of India has now realized that the Cyber Appellate Tribunal (CAT) needs a Chair Person and called for applications. It may be remembered that 0n 30th June 2011, Justice Rajesh Tandon demitted … Continue reading

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PMO finds a Chief of Cyber Security

  It is reported (Refer article in ET) that Dr Gulshan Rai who has been a veteran in Cyber Security and part of MCIT for a long time has been drafted by the PMO as head of Cyber Security. In … Continue reading

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Current Status of Cyber Appellate Tribunal

Recently press appears to have discovered a new interest on reporting the current status of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal in India. Last week the Mumbai press reported the number of cases decided by the Maharashtra Adjudicator Mr Rajesh Agarwal who … Continue reading

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