Articles for Information Technology Act

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Subject /Statute Wise Index [March 18 to 24]
8 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Subject /Statute Wise Index [March 18 to 24]

Live Law  

Citations 2024 LiveLaw 240 to 2024 LiveLaw 255 Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996; Section 78 – Arbitration clause – Two-Contract Case – When the parties enter into a contract, making a general reference to another contract, such general reference would not have the effect of incorporating the arbitration clause from the referred document into the …

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SC to examine Madras HC ruling that downloading, watching child porn not offence under POCSO, IT laws
9 months, 1 week ago

SC to examine Madras HC ruling that downloading, watching child porn not offence under POCSO, IT laws

The Hindu  

Terming as “atrocious”, the Supreme Court on March 11 agreed to hear a plea challenging a Madras High Court ruling which said that mere downloading and watching child pornography is not an offence under the POCSO Act and the Information Technology law. The High Court had quashed the criminal case against Harish under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences …

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High Court Seeks Delhi Police's Stand On PIL Alleging Non-Invocation Of IT Act In Cyber Crime Cases
1 year, 10 months ago

High Court Seeks Delhi Police's Stand On PIL Alleging Non-Invocation Of IT Act In Cyber Crime Cases

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has asked Delhi Police to respond to a public interest litigation which alleges that its officials fail to invoke provisions of Information Technology Act, 2000 while registering cases related to cyber crimes.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad was hearing a PIL moved by Ananya Kumar, a Ph.D. scholar doing …

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Domain Name Registrars Are "Intermediaries" Under Information Technology Act: Delhi High Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Domain Name Registrars Are "Intermediaries" Under Information Technology Act: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has held that the Domain Name Registrars are "intermediaries", within the meaning of sec. "As being persons who provide service with respect to the domain names, the DNRs would be "intermediaries" within the meaning of Section 2," the Court held. More specifically, in the case of the plaintiff, the DNRs use the plaintiff's registered "SNAPDEAL" mark …

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IT Rules 2021 Manifestly Unreasonable;Bring Chilling Effect On Free Speech : Bombay High Court
3 years, 4 months ago

IT Rules 2021 Manifestly Unreasonable;Bring Chilling Effect On Free Speech : Bombay High Court

Live Law  

Dissent is vital for the functioning of any healthy democracy, however, the new 2021 IT Rules can have a chilling effect on freedom of speech, with a journalist or news publisher having to think twice before criticizing the State administration, the Bombay High Court has said. The court observed thus while staying Rules 9 and 9 of the Information Technology …

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Sanatan Sanstha's Petition Against Facebook For Blocking Their Page
3 years, 5 months ago

Bombay High Court Dismisses Sanatan Sanstha's Petition Against Facebook For Blocking Their Page

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court at Goa, on Monday, dismissed Sanatan Sanstha's petition challenging Facebook's decision to block their social media page for violating their community standards. Regarding one of Sanatan's initial prayers to direct the Union and State to devise a mechanism to control social media platforms like Facebook, the court said, "These are mainly matters of policy and it …

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'Can't Say 'XXX' Episode Isn't Obscene' : Madhya Pradesh High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Ekta Kapoor
4 years, 1 month ago

'Can't Say 'XXX' Episode Isn't Obscene' : Madhya Pradesh High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Ekta Kapoor

Live Law  

Stating that a prima facie case is made out, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday refused to quash the FIR registered against Ekta Kapoor, Managing Director of ALT Balaji, in connection to alleged obscenity and dishonour to national emblem in the series titled 'XXX'. Rejecting this argument, the High Court held that Kapoor being the Managing Director of the …

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The Law Of Electronic Evidence,The Error Continues
4 years, 3 months ago

The Law Of Electronic Evidence,The Error Continues

Live Law  

Sir, James Stephen, the propounder of the Indian Evidence Act 1872, has used three words with respect to the law of evidence: - Relevancy Admissibility Appreciation Whereas Relevancy pertains to quality/ character of the facts, Admissibility pertains to how the evidence is to be put forth and Appreciation is application of judicial mind to reaching conclusions. Since, all these sections …

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