United States v. Lewis

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Conviction based on the recording of calls under an established prison policy

United States v. Lewis 406 F.3d 11 In the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Case Number 03-2097 Before Senior Circuit Judge Leval, Circuit Judge Lynch, and Circuit Judge Lipez Decided on April 19, 2005 Relevancy of … Read More

Detecting CSAM: Through Hashing and Intermediaries

The Cyber Blog IndiaLaw

Detecting CSAM, Hashing, and Intermediaries

Governments across the globe frequently claim child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and potential terrorist activity as justifications to support backdoors in encryption-based services. Big tech companies continue to face pressure while offering end-to-end encrypted services. Is the roll-out of on-device … Read More

Himanshu Sekhar Kabi v. State of Odisha

Rugved MahamuniCase Summary

Bail application in a case of forgery and misappropriation of University funds

Himanshu Sekhar Kabi v. State of Odisha In the High Court of Orissa BLAPL 10490/2021 Before Justice Sashikanta Mishra Decided on March 15, 2022 Relevancy of the case: Bail application in a case of forgery and misappropriation of University funds … Read More

Surinder Singh v. UT, Chandigarh

The Cyber Blog IndiaCase Summary

Setting the conviction aside under POCSO provisions before the act came into force

Surinder Singh v. UT, Chandigarh (2020) 3 RCR (Cri) 53 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana CRA-S 644/2017 (SB) Before Justice Anil Kshetarpal Decided on July 2, 2020 Relevancy of the case: Setting the conviction aside under POCSO … Read More

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Sachet SahniCase Summary

Manik Taneja v. State of Karnataka

Manik Taneja v. State of Karnataka (2015) 7 SCC 423 In the Supreme Court of India Cri. A. 141/2015 Before Justice V. Gopala Gowda and Justice R. Banumathi Decided on January 20, 2015 Relevancy of the case: Whether posting a … Read More

How to identify fake news? Key takeaways from BPRD’s Guide

Srushti IyerLaw

how to identify fake news

Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPRD)’s National Cyber Research & Innovation Centre (NCR&IC) published a guide for law enforcement agencies on spotting and investigating fake news and misinformation. This 40-page guide was published on May 08, 2020, but it … Read More

Ethical Hackers in Police Investigation: Is it legal?

The Cyber Blog IndiaLaw

The number of incidents with the involvement of third parties like ethical hackers, in criminal and civil investigations is on the rise. More than ever now, I have been dealing with such cases of blatant violation of rights of individuals … Read More