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Free speech and the Internet; analysing Section 66A IT,2000 Conventional legal structures have had great difficulty in keeping pace with the brisk growth of the Internet and its impact throughout the world.  The Internet has tested the limits of regulation, Governments across the world eagerly seem accept the conception that cyberspace can’t be governed. This […]

Where submission of information is demanded in writing or in the type written or printed form, it is now sufficient and in compliance of law, if the same is sent in an electronic form.  Further, if any statute seeks and provides for affixation of signature in any deed, the same can be done by means […]

The Information Technology Act, 2000 provides for fundamentally economic offences or crimes in the medium that are concurrent and linked to economic loss or injury. Today where most of the work is done by the computers, our entire efficiency and national data was is at the risk of being tampered with, by malicious hackers and […]

Steps taken in furtherance of Data Protection and Information Security The main objective of the Information Technology Act, 2000 is to offer legal identification and recognition to transactions carried out by means of electronic statistics/ data exchange and other means of electronic communication, universally referred to as e-commerce,   substituting paper-based methods of communication and depository […]

The world’s second and India’s first IVF (in vitro fertilization) baby, Kanupriya alias Durga was born in Kolkata on October 3, 1978 about two months after the world’s first IVF boy, Louise Joy Brown born in Great Britain on July 25, 1978. From that point forward the field of assisted reproductive technology (ART) has grown […]

Right to speedy trial is a right which is granted to the accused in order to relieve him from criminal proceedings and to provide justice to the person who has suffered injuries. In common parlance, speedy trial means that the trial should be conducted in such an orderly and systematic manner that no one is […]

The guideline of natural justice is a result of custom-based law framework.  With the evolving time, the forces gave to the State have expanded. Presently, the State deals with the Government issues as well as exercises prefer business, enterprises and correspondence. The fundamental point of this rule is to make a check and adjust technique, […]

The doctrine of judicial review is thus firmly rooted in India, and has the explicit sanction of the constitution. Actually the idea of judicial review implies the amendment of the declaration or sentence of a lower court by a higher court. Judicial review has a more specialized importance in pubic law, especially in nations having […]

“CrPC is more far reaching about the entire issue when contrasted with the Constitution.” In the Indian Constitution, Article 20(2) says that “No Person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once”. This article is a fundamental right guaranteed to every person in the constitution. The doctrine of double jeopardy is […]

John Doe, conceptually is a legal personification of the unknown, the untraceable. In this age of rampant online piracy, copyright owners, especially movie studios and online broadcasters face the trouble of not knowing the identity of potential infringers to prevent them from causing any damage. In such a scenario, the courts, taking into consideration the […]

Sports has always been a passionate affair for all the Indians for a long time and the impact it makes in the lives of the people has only multiplied over the years with the advent of technology that enabled streaming of live matches and games, both online and offline. More often than not such matches […]