Dipankar Rit v. State of West Bengal

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Can the High Court direct the State Election Commission to accept nomination papers online and mandatorily install CCTV cameras at all the polling stations?

Dipankar Rit v. State of West Bengal In the High Court of Calcutta WPA(P) 250, 286, 287/2023 Before Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice H. Bhattacharyya Decided on July 13, 2023 Relevancy of the Case: Can the High Court direct … Read More

X v. Union of India

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Writ petition in a case involving the distribution of non-consensual sexually explicit photos and videos of the petitioner

X v. Union of India In the High Court of Delhi WP (Crl.) 1505/2021 and Crl. M.A. 12645/2021 and 811/2022 Before Justice Subramonium Prasad Decided on April 26, 2023 Relevancy of the Case: Writ petition in a case involving the … Read More

United States v. Trotter

Raj PagariyaCase Summary

Whether an attack on a not-for-profit organisation is covered under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act?

United States v. Trotter 478 F.3d 918 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Case Number 05-4202 Before Circuit Judge Riley, Circuit Judge Melloy, and Circuit Judge Shepherd Decided on February 23, 2007 Relevancy of the … Read More

Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India & Ors.

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Constitutional validity of defamation under Sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860

Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India & Ors. (2016) 7 SCC 221 In the Supreme Court of India WP (Crl.) 184/ 2014 Before Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Prafulla C. Pant Decided on May 13, 2016 Relevancy of the case: … Read More

Residential CCTV and Neighbours’ Privacy Invasion

TannviLaw

Residential CCTV and Neighbours' Privacy Invasion

The notion behind privacy is that a person should have the right to claim sovereignty over oneself. The idea for this is that the inherent value of an individual allows them to exercise privacy. Thus, such a claim must be … Read More

First Amendment Rights and Social Media Platforms

Samiksha UniyalLaw

First Amendment Rights and Social Media Platforms

As humans cannot live without air and water, a democracy cannot survive without offering citizens an open podium to express their views. The US Constitution, through its First Amendment, provides for freedom of speech. It restricts the legislative power of … Read More

Cyber crime and laws in Denmark: An overview

Vidhi JainLaw

Cyber crime and laws in Denmark

This is the sixth article in our series covering cyber laws of various countries. While the previous article presented an overview of cyber crime and laws in Russia, this article focuses on Denmark. Denmark is a Nordic country which ranks … Read More