Unlocking the DPDP Act: What Every Business Needs to Know

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Unlocking the Digital Personal Data Protection Act: What Every Business Needs to Know

While we patiently wait for the rules and guidelines under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“DPDP Act”), a news clip started doing the rounds in the last week of October. It essentially said, “Dear businesses, do not wait … Read More

Ryan John Michael Thorpe v. State of Maharashtra

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Quashing of Magistrate's order to arrest the petitioners in a case involving circulation of pornographic content through a mobile app

Ryan John Michael Thorpe v. State of Maharashtra In the High Court of Bombay WP (Crl.) 2611-2612/2021 Before Justice A.S. Gadkari Decided on August 07, 2021 Relevancy of the case: Quashing of Magistrate’s order to arrest the petitioners in a … Read More

Madhu Sudhan Baidya v. Union of India

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Validity of charge memo sent by email for departmental proceedings

Madhu Sudhan Baidya v. Union of India In the Central Administrative Tribunal Original Application 351/01261/2021 Before Ms Bidisha Banerjee, Member (Judicial) and Dr Nandita Chatterjee, Member (Administrative) Decided on February 02, 2022 Relevancy of the case: Validity of charge memo … Read More

Neetu Singh v. Telegram FZ LLC

Shravya SrivastavaCase Summary

Requiring Telegram to disclose details of channels involved in copyright infringement

Neetu Singh v. Telegram FZ LLC In the High Court of Delhi CS (Comm) 282/2020 Before Justice Prathiba M. Singh Decided on August 30, 2022 Relevancy of the Case: Requiring Telegram to disclose details of channels involved in copyright infringement … Read More

Vikas Gupta v. Union of India

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Validity of digital signatures while issuing notices to assessees under the Income-Tax Act, 1961

Vikas Gupta v. Union of India (2022) 448 ITR 1 : (2022) 328 CTR 1063 In the High Court of Allahabad Writ Tax 554/2022 Before Justice S.P. Kesarwani and Justice C.K. Rai Decided on September 08, 2022 Relevancy of the … Read More

Lead Advertising v. Union of India

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Delivery of notices in income tax proceedings via email and uploading them on the website

Lead Advertising v. Union of India In the High Court of Kerala WP(C) 30620/2021 Before Justice Gopinath P Decided on October 20, 2022 Relevancy of the case: Delivery of notices in income tax proceedings via email and uploading them on … Read More

Hamdard National Foundation v. Amazon India Limited

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Takedown of product listings from an e-commerce platform due to trademark infringement

   Hamdard National Foundation v. Amazon India Limited In the High Court of Delhi CS (Comm) 607/2022 Before Justice Prathiba M. Singh Decided on September 5, 2022 Relevancy of the case: Takedown of product listings from an e-commerce platform due … Read More