Apar GuptaThis post analyses the likely effect of one of the key amendments to the Indecent Representation of Women Act, 1986 (IRW Act) which extends the law to online mediums. It argues that such an extension presents a real danger of …
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Apar Gupta is a litigator based in New Delhi, India. He holds a masters degree from Columbia Law School and has authored a Commentary on the Information Technology Act, 2000 (published by LexisNexis).
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Delhi High Court’s judgement setting aside the gag order in the Delhi Gangrape Case
This blog post analyses the judgment lifting the blanket gag order on reporting court proceedings in the trial of the Delhi Gangrape accused.
Background
After lifting lifting the Gag Order on the press in the Chautala Case (subsequently stayed by …
Copyright Rules, 2013 and Internet Intermediaries
This is a long post as it extracts the legal provisions, if you are just interested in the analysis, please skip to the end.
Copyright Rules, 2013 and Internet Intermediaries
This post examines the issues which emerge from the recently …
Delhi HC lifts the Chautala Gag Order
The Delhi High Court by its judgement in Multi Sceen Media v. Vidhya Dheer and Others [FAO (OS) 119/2013], on 28th February, 2013 lifted an injunction on the telecast of a television programme reporting on the conviction of Mr. Om …
IIPM Blocking Suit and Blocking Order
At this time I am posting the copy of the pleadings in Ruchir Sharma v. Google India 169/2012 alongwith the Order dated 28.01.2013. The case has been filed before the 2nd Additional Judge, Darba. It appears the block orders for …
Going by precedent
As reported by Medianama, on 14th February, 2013 the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) passed directions to internet service licensees to block certain internet websites. Since such orders are not publicly disclosed by the DOT a leaked copy of the direction …
recommendations of the justice verma committee and the right to privacy
This is a guest post by Aishani Gupta and Sarvjeet Singh who are final year students at National Law University, Delhi. Their areas of interest include information technology and media laws and their effect on civil liberties (particularly freedom of …
Dangerous law that must go soon #Sec66A
This article was originally published in the Pioneer on November 28, 2012. In this I tackle the second argument which is made in the defense of Sec. 66A fails on the first (i.e. the problems are not with the provision …
a flawed act #Sec66A
Rarely has one single section of the law spurred such intense debate on issues of free speech and the limits which should be placed on it for internet communications. The section in question is 66A of the Information Technology Act, …
Problems are with Sec. 66A and not with its implementation
A version of this article was published as an Op-ed in the Indian Express on November 26, 2012.
The debate about Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 is becoming sharper by the day as more cases of …