Pay Perform India Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Constitutional validity of the PMLA, 2002 provisions in the light of an investigation into money laundering through cryptocurrency

Pay Perform India Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India In the High Court of Madras WP 12925/2023 and WMP 12709-12710/2023 Before Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice DB Chakravarthy Decided on January 31, 2024 Relevancy of the case: Constitutional validity … Read More

Himanshu Kaushal v. State of Punjab

Shabadpreet KaurCase Summary

Petition seeking directions for the police to add Sections 67 and 67A for making vulgar and threatening comments on the petitioner's personal photos

Himanshu Kaushal v. State of Punjab In the High Court of Punjab & Haryana CRM-M 48533/2022 Before Justice Deepak Gupta Decided on November 29, 2023 Relevancy of the case: Petition seeking directions for the police to add Sections 67 and … Read More

How can we build digitally inclusive communities?

Saishya DuggalLaw

How can we build digitally inclusive communities?

Being relegated to the peripherals is a characteristic of exclusivity. If inclusivity is to be genuinely practised, marginalised communities need to be propelled to the centre of the conversation. I lament the lack of digital inclusion of some of India’s … Read More

The Quest for a Universal Regulation on Cyber Crime

Pallavi SinghLaw

The Quest for a Universal Regulation on Cyber Crime

The twentieth century has introduced some of the greatest inventions humankind has seen. The internet is one such invention. There is barely any area untouched by its very presence in our daily lives. Due to its intangible and boundaryless nature, … Read More

A Beginner’s Guide to Space Transition Theory

Pallavi SinghLaw

Space Transition Theory explains the nature & behaviour leading to commission of cyber crime with time, space and circumstances as catalysts.

The nature of cyber crimes evolves rapidly in line with technological developments. To understand why cyber crimes happen, various cyber criminology theories have attempted to explain this. These theories seek to diagnose the minuscule reason leading to the occurrence of … Read More

Sanal v. State of Kerala

Manvi MittalCase Summary

Bail application for non-consensual recording of private photos and videos using a pen camera

Sanal v. State of Kerala In the High Court of Kerala B.A. 47/2023 Before Justice B.K. Thomas Decided on January 11, 2023 Relevancy of the Case: Bail application for non-consensual recording of private photos and videos using a pen camera … Read More

Shahjahan J. v. State of Kerala

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Bail application in a case involving trespass into the complainant's house and taking photos through the bathroom's ventilator

Shahjahan J. v. State of Kerala In the High Court of Kerala B.A. 4872/2022 Before Justice B.K. Thomas Decided on July 06, 2022 Relevancy of the Case: Bail application in a case involving trespass into the complainant’s house and taking … Read More