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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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Verdict on Section 66A expected tomorrow at 10.30 am

The much awaited judgement on whether Section 66A of ITA 2008 is constitutionally valid or not is expected to be pronounced tomorrow at 10.30 am. Section 66A has been frequently abused by Police when it has been used to arrest … Continue reading

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Security Audit Vs Maintenance, the Gap is large..Verizon Study

Verizon has recently released the 2015 report on PCI Compliance which has provided some key insights into the current practices in industry. Though on the face of it the report indicated that about 80% of the companies were validated as … Continue reading

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Is there a Mehdi in my company?

Mehdi Massor Biswas the Bangalore based employee of an ITC group company  was arrested by the Police for having maintained the Twitter account Shami Witness in which he was promoting ISIS ideology. While the Police will continue their investigation and … Continue reading

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ISIS Propaganda from a Bengaluru Executive?

It is a shocking revelation that one of the most prominent Twitter handles carrying on ISIS propaganda happens to be that of a young professional working in Bengaluru in an MNC firm. Report The twitter handle was titled Shami Witness … Continue reading

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Section 66A and Section 79 of ITA 2008 at Supreme Court

Hindustan Times has reported (Refer: Article  “SC warns govt over gagging social media” in Hindustan Times ) that the Supreme Court has demanded that the Government submits its views to the Court within one week and threatened that it may otherwise keep … Continue reading

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