Saturday, February 22, 2014

Posting defamatory materials on blog- legal issue - civil suit - defamation

Suit for defamation - The defendant posted defamatory material on the blog. Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines Rules) 2011 - article is posted against living foundation and its members-material was vulgar and abusive. One of the defendant is an intermediary under section 2(1)w and section 79 of Information Technology Act.
Court held that, plaintiff was able to make out a prima facie case of passing exparte interim order.
2012 KHC 3013 - Delhi High Court.

Friday, February 21, 2014

Cyber police can investigate offences only under Information Technology Act

Cyber police has no power to investigate offences other than which are mentioned in Information Technology Act. The allegation that accused forged and send an electronic signature and committed offence under section 66 of IT Act and section 469 of IPC.
2013 4 KHC 169 - Kerala High Court.

TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS AN OFFENCE UNDER CYBER LAW ?

LAW RELATING TO USE OF COMPUTERS IN INDIA


LAW RELATING TO USE OF COMPUTERS IN INDIA

In the era of cyber world as the usage of computers became more popular, there was expansion in the growth of technology as well, and the term ‘Cyber’ became more familiar to the people. The evolution of Information Technology (IT) gave birth to the cyber space wherein internet provides equal opportunities to all the people to access any information, data storage, analyse etc. with the use of high technology. Due to increase in the number of netizens, misuse of technology in the cyberspace was clutching up which gave birth to cyber crimes at the domestic and international level as well.Though the word Crime carries its general meaning as “a legal wrong that can be followed by criminal proceedings which may result into punishment” whereas Cyber Crime may be “unlawful acts wherein the computer is either a tool or target or both”.

LAW RELATING TO USE OF COMPUTERS IN INDIA - full text.