ag scotland taken kejriwal seek covid19 sibal day1 political residents validity arvind ripple report day2 narendra firssupreme world uk matter suo plea way prices policy production judgment opt bitcoin affidavit

Search results for 66a

Karol G, Natalia Lafourcade y Gaby Moreno, las damas latinas ganan el Grammy en una noche donde Taylor Swift impone un récord
11 months, 1 week ago

Karol G, Natalia Lafourcade y Gaby Moreno, las damas latinas ganan el Grammy en una noche donde Taylor Swift impone un récord

LA Times  

Ante la tormenta que mantiene en alerta al estado de California este domingo 4 de febrero, Los Ángeles fue la ciudad donde la lluvia de estrellas de la música llegaron para celebrar la edición 66 de los Grammy en las instalaciones del Crypto.com Arena. Álbum Tropical Latino “Siembra: 45º Aniversario ” — Rubén Blades con Roberto Delgado & Orquesta “Voy …

Flowers Black Panther Taylor Swift Classical Latin Los Angeles Taylor
Amendments to IT Act decriminalise offences, increase penalties
1 year, 1 month ago

Amendments to IT Act decriminalise offences, increase penalties

Hindustan Times  

The amendments introduced to the Information Technology Act, 2000, notified through the Jan Vishwas Act, 2023, came into effect on Thursday. The contentious Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, which penalised people for sending “offensive” messages through any communication services, has also now officially been removed from the Act. Under section 69B, any intermediary who “intentionally or knowingly” does …

Information Lakh Act Person Amendments Earlier Attract
Want a desert experience that’s not Joshua Tree? Here are three
2 years, 2 months ago

Want a desert experience that’s not Joshua Tree? Here are three

LA Times  

This is not a newsletter about Joshua Tree. Explore California’s stretch of Route 66 A stretch of historic Route 66 in the Mojave Desert about an hour north of Joshua Tree National Park. Here are just a few of the stops to visit along the way: The California Route 66 Museum and Route 66 Mother Road Museum : Made up …

National Opera Mother Los Desert Joshua Tree Route 66
Whether Salary Paid On Secondment Of Employees Is A Taxable Service Under Finance Act?Supreme Court To Consider
2 years, 3 months ago

Whether Salary Paid On Secondment Of Employees Is A Taxable Service Under Finance Act?Supreme Court To Consider

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, recently, issued notice in a plea, to consider the limited issue, whether salary paid on secondment of employees is a taxable service under Section 65 of the Finance Act, 1994. Show cause notices were issued to it for demand of service tax under the categories of 'Manpower Recruitment or Supply Agency Service', 'Online Information and Database Access …

India Tax Supply Services Employees Service Manpower
Supreme Court Asks Union To Impress Upon States Which Continue To Register FIRs Under Section 66A IT Act To Take Remedial Steps
2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Asks Union To Impress Upon States Which Continue To Register FIRs Under Section 66A IT Act To Take Remedial Steps

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Union Government to get in touch with the Chief Secretaries of the States where FIRs under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act are continuing to be registered despite the provision being declared as unconstitutional by the Court in 2015. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justice S Ravindra …

India Supreme Court High Courts Court States Courts Union
Maharashtra: Explanation sought from cops for applying scrapped section 66A against Ketaki Chitale
2 years, 6 months ago

Maharashtra: Explanation sought from cops for applying scrapped section 66A against Ketaki Chitale

Op India  

On Friday, the senior officers of the Maharashtra Police sought an explanation from the investigating officers for applying section 66A of the Information Technology Act against Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale. According to the reports, the Maharashtra Police senior officers have questioned the investigating officers over-application of section 66A of the IT Act that has already been scrapped by the Supreme …

Court Maharashtra Case Commission Officers Act Arrest
Indian Company Liable To Service Tax On Secondment Of Employees From Overseas Group Entities As Recipient Of Manpower Supply: Supreme Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Indian Company Liable To Service Tax On Secondment Of Employees From Overseas Group Entities As Recipient Of Manpower Supply: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has held that when the Overseas group companies providing skilled employees, on secondment basis, to its Indian counterparts amounts to supply of manpower services, the Indian company would be considered as service recipient. The revenue had issued four show cause notices for not paying service tax under the category of "manpower recruitment or supply agency service" with …

Supreme Court Tax Supply Court Indian Employees Service
Supreme Court notice to states on use of scrapped Section 66A
3 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court notice to states on use of scrapped Section 66A

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday observed that police cannot continue to lodge cases under the scrapped Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, seeking an explanation from all states and Union territories on steps taken by them to comply with the court’s March 2015 judgment which declared the provision null and void. Earlier this month, the bench said it was …

Supreme Court Court States Cases Union Bench 2015
"This Cannot Continue"- Supreme Court Issues Notice To States, UTs, High Court Registrars On Plea Against Continued Use Of 66A IT Act
3 years, 5 months ago

"This Cannot Continue"- Supreme Court Issues Notice To States, UTs, High Court Registrars On Plea Against Continued Use Of 66A IT Act

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to States, Union Territories and Registrar of High Courts in a plea filed by Peoples Union for Civil Liberties seeking various directions and guidelines against the FIRs under provision of Section 66A struck down by Shreya Singhal case judgement. Supreme Court had on July 5th issued notice while expressing shock at the practice …

India Supreme Court Judgment High Courts Court Registrar States
SC notice to states, UTs and HCs over people being booked under scrapped Sec 66A of IT Act
3 years, 5 months ago

SC notice to states, UTs and HCs over people being booked under scrapped Sec 66A of IT Act

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday said it will issue notice to states, Union Territories and registrar general of all high courts over the continuing filing of FIRs under the scrapped Section 66A of the Information Technology Act. A bench of Justices RF Nariman and BR Gavai was hearing a plea by an NGO that claimed that people are still being …

Supreme Court Court State Sec It Act Section 66A
66A IT Act- 'Police & Police Order Are State Subjects, Primary Responsibility To Implement Shreya Singhal's Judgement Rests With States': Centre Submits Before Supreme Court
3 years, 5 months ago

66A IT Act- 'Police & Police Order Are State Subjects, Primary Responsibility To Implement Shreya Singhal's Judgement Rests With States': Centre Submits Before Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Centre has submitted before the Supreme Court that Police and Police order being state subjects, the primary responsibility to ensure implementation of Shreya Singhal's judgement which had struck down Section 66 A of the IT Act lies with the State. While expressing shock at the practice of police registering FIRs under Section 66A of the IT Act, which was …

Supreme Court Court States State Centre Law Enforcement Agencies Judgement
66A IT Act- Steps Taken By Centre To Implement Shreya Singhal's Judgement Far From Adequate: PUCL Submits Before Supreme Court
3 years, 5 months ago

66A IT Act- Steps Taken By Centre To Implement Shreya Singhal's Judgement Far From Adequate: PUCL Submits Before Supreme Court

Live Law  

'The Steps taken by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology towards ensuring effective implementation of Supreme Court's Judgment in Shreya Singhal v. Union of India are far from adequate', PUCL has submitted before Supreme Court. While expressing shock at the practice of police registering FIRs under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, which was struck down by the top …

India Supreme Court Judgment Court States Union Nariman
Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Provisions Of New IT Rules 2021
3 years, 5 months ago

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Provisions Of New IT Rules 2021

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Monday issued notice the Union of India on a petition filed seeking to declare Rule 3 and Rule 7 of the Information Technology reads thus: an intermediary, on whose computer resource the information is stored, hosted or published, upon receiving actual knowledge in the form of an order by a court of competent jurisdiction or …

Law Court Rules Rule Petition Respondents It Rules
Undead section: On Section 66A of the IT Act
3 years, 6 months ago

Undead section: On Section 66A of the IT Act

The Hindu  

It is quite disconcerting that the Supreme Court has been informed for the second time in two years that Section 66A of the IT Act, which was struck down as unconstitutional six years ago, is still being invoked by the police and in some trial courts. Section 66A made messages deemed by the police to be offensive or menacing to …

Court States Section 66A
Abide by the SC’s verdict on Section 66A
3 years, 6 months ago

Abide by the SC’s verdict on Section 66A

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday said it was “shocking” and “distressing” that there was a fivefold increase in the registration of cases under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act though it quashed the provision in 2015. Section 66A authorised the police to arrest people for social media posts construed as “offensive” or “menacing”. He suggested the section be marked …

State Section 66A
'Shocking, Terrible': SC Seeks Centre's Response Over Filing Cases Under Scrapped Sec 66A Of IT Act
3 years, 6 months ago

'Shocking, Terrible': SC Seeks Centre's Response Over Filing Cases Under Scrapped Sec 66A Of IT Act

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed shock upon learning that over 1,000 cases had been filed under Section 66A of the IT Act despite the fact that the law was struck down seven years ago. Appearing for the petitioner, senior advocate Sanjay Parikh told the court that even after the provision was struck down, over thousands of cases …

Court Struck It Act Section 66A Sec 66A
‘Distressing’ and ‘shocking’ that people are still tried under Section 66A of IT Act, says SC
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Distressing’ and ‘shocking’ that people are still tried under Section 66A of IT Act, says SC

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday found it “distressing”, “shocking” and “terrible” that people were still booked and tried under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act even six years after the Supreme Court struck down the provision as unconstitutional and a violation of free speech. Section 66A had prescribed three years’ imprisonment if a social media message caused “annoyance” or …

Justice Supreme Court Nariman Act Venugopal Parikh Pucl
Shocking that people still booked under scrapped section 66A of IT Act, says SC
3 years, 6 months ago

Shocking that people still booked under scrapped section 66A of IT Act, says SC

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Monday termed as “amazing” and “shocking” that people are still being booked under the Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, which was scrapped by the apext court verdict in 2015. Parikh said that despite express directions of the court in 2019 that all state governments should sensitise police personnel about the March 24, 2015 judgement, …

Court Nariman Act Shocking Pucl It Act Section 66A
Section 66A IT Act : Supreme Court Shocked At FIRs Being Registered Under Struck Down Provision
3 years, 6 months ago

Section 66A IT Act : Supreme Court Shocked At FIRs Being Registered Under Struck Down Provision

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed shock at the practice of police registering FIRs under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, which was struck down by the top court in the 2015 judgment in the Shreya Singhal case.A bench headed by Justice RF Nariman was hearing an application filed by Peoples Union for Civil Liberties seeking various directions and …

India Justice Supreme Court Judgment Court Free Speech Union
Supreme Court 'shocked' over scrapped Section 66A law's use in FIRs, issues notice to Centre
3 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court 'shocked' over scrapped Section 66A law's use in FIRs, issues notice to Centre

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre on the use of Section 66A of the IT Act that was scrapped several years ago and said that it is shocking that the judgment striking down the law has not been implemented even now. The Attorney General of India, KK Venugopal on Monday informed the Supreme court that …

Supreme Court Court Centre Supreme Act Section 66A 66A
The uphill battle for India’s digital rights
3 years, 11 months ago

The uphill battle for India’s digital rights

The Hindu  

It was in 2015 that the Supreme Court of India struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, terming it ‘unconstitutional’. On January 15 this year, the Delhi-headquartered Internet Freedom Foundation and CivicDataLab launched the Zombie Tracker, an online page monitoring cases filed using the ‘dead’ Section 66A. Like Internet Freedom Foundation’s founder Apar Gupta, digital rights organisations around …

India Bengaluru Delhi Rights Internet Digital Cis
Internet Freedom Foundation To Launch ZombieTracker - Platform To Map Section 66A Cases On Jan 15
4 years ago

Internet Freedom Foundation To Launch ZombieTracker - Platform To Map Section 66A Cases On Jan 15

Live Law  

Internet Freedom Foundation and CivicDataLab are launching the Zombie Tracker, a platform that aims to map all the instances in which Section 66A of the IT Act has been invoked despite being deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of India in Shreya Singhal v Union of India. The Zombie Tracker will track cases that include a charge under S.66A at …

Track Iff V Union Section 66A Freedom Foundation Internet Freedom Foundation 66A
Are tougher laws the answer to check online abuse?
4 years, 1 month ago

Are tougher laws the answer to check online abuse?

The Hindu  

Following widespread criticism, the Kerala government has decided to withdraw an Ordinance that gives unbridled powers to the police to arrest anyone expressing or disseminating any matter that it deems defamatory. Edited excerpts: The principal argument of the Kerala government in bringing this law was that the Central government had not brought in legislation yet to replace the revoked Section …

Law India Kerala Supreme Court Hate Speech States Speech
UP Police Disregarding Supreme Court's Shreya Singhal Verdict By Registering FIRs Under Section 66A IT Act
4 years, 1 month ago

UP Police Disregarding Supreme Court's Shreya Singhal Verdict By Registering FIRs Under Section 66A IT Act

Live Law  

The Uttar Pradesh Police seems to be still ignorant of the 2015 Shreya Singhal judgment by the Supreme Court which quashed Section 66A of the Information Technology Act as unconstitutional, despite repeated reminders by the Allahabad High Court.Last week, the Allahabad High Court, quashed yet another such FIR under Section 66A against a person. The Uttar Pradesh Police seems to …

Technology Information State Fir Supreme Registered Act