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The Visakha Industries judgement on Section 79 of ITA 2000

On December 10, 2019, an important judgement of the Supreme Court was published in the case of Google India Vs Visakha Industries Ltd. The judgement was delivered by Justices K.M.Joseph and Ashok Bhushan. The most important take from the judgement … Continue reading

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Intermediary Guidelines: Most tech firms uncomfortable with the changes

[Discussion continued from previous articles] “Status Quo” is most comfortable for some of the tech companies as regards Intermediary guidelines is what comes out of the 609 page collection of public comments. There are a total of 141  comments which … Continue reading

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An innovative way of implementing the Intermediary Guidelines under Section 79

We are all aware of UDRP or INDRP which is a Dispute Resolution Policy adopted by all Domain Name Registrars for resolving disputes arising out of conflicting domain name registrations. The policy is embedded into all domain name registration contracts … Continue reading

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Why Pull Up Central Government when the mistake lies with the State Governments?

The Supreme Court of India is hearing a petition filed by the Internet Freedom Foundation on an allegation that 22 people have been arrested under Section 66A of ITA 2000/8 which has been scrapped by the Supreme Court in the … Continue reading

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Allahabad High Court admits PIL against Section 69 notice …2

[This is in continuation of the earlier article] The Allahabad High Court accepting the petition challenging the MHA notification on Section 69 is typical of the cases that display an attitude of some petitioners to move the top courts on … Continue reading

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Meity Needs to take assistance of techno legal experts on Section 79

It has become a fashion for some advocates to raise an alarm on anything that the Government does to curb Cyber Anarchy. These people who consider that the Supreme Court is their backyard, keep lodging PILs opposing every action of … Continue reading

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