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Snooping and Section 69 of ITA 2000: Beyond Politics, Distrust and Passion..The second awakening

[This is a continuation of the previous article] Yesterday was a day when ignorance and politics took over the debate on the new MHA guidelines under Section 69 of ITA 2000. As expected, the Congress politicians opened the debate in … Continue reading

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Section 498A: Why Supreme Court cannot be consistent?

[P.S: This may not be a Cyber Law Issue but is a matter of concern to the youth in the IT industry and reflects the personal experience of the undersigned in interacting with several young persons in the IT industry … Continue reading

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Let’s Not misinterpret the Sonu@Amar judgement on Section 65B

This is to ensure that we donot mis-interpret the judgement in the Sonu@Amar Vs State of Haryana going only by the discussions on legal issues that the Judge has added in the Judgement before arriving at the final judgement. My … Continue reading

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Regulate Bitcoins through ITA 2000 notifications under Section 1(4) and 69/69A/69B

India has reportedly completed its diplomatic negotiations and formalities to ensure that Switzerland will automatically share the details of Bank accounts opened by Indian nationals in that country with Indian authorities so that numbered Swiss Bank accounts can no longer … Continue reading

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Will the Supreme Court now strike down Section 124A of IPC?

The recent circular from the Maharashtra Government explaining the law of “Sedition” as mentioned in Section 124A of IPC has opened up a debate rightly in how the law can be misused. Refer here for more information For records the … Continue reading

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Supreme Court receives another lesson from Police on Sec 66A

Police in the field seems to be the most effective teachers for the Supreme Court. When Police in Maharashtra and Pondicherry booked cases under Section 66A (of ITA 2000/8) for publishing content on FaceBook and Twitter, Supreme Court judges learnt … Continue reading

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