Apar GuptaA colleague commented that Skype and similar technologies which provide VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services enabling the transmission of voice over a data network as illegal in India. I was quite skeptical of the comment since Skype is very well operational …
SMS as admissible evidence
One of the pieces of circumstantial evidence sought to be relied by the prosecution in the Pramod Mahajan Murder Trial, was a threatening SMS (Short Message Service) sent by Pravin Mahajan (the accused) to Pramod Mahajan. It emerges from newspaper …
Liability of Intermediaries – Judicially Defined and Explained
In the case of Sanjay Kumar Kedia v. Narcotics Control Bureau, the Supreme Court deciding a special leave petition touched on Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000. The Petitioner (Sanjay Kumar Kedia) was ostensibly running an online pharmacy …
Disdain for Disclaimer’s
The Bar Council has recently been debating allowing lawyers to advertise on the Internet. Most of the websites of lawyers/law firms from India have a standard disclaimer. The disclaimer is essentially a statement of conformity with the bar council rules …
Article on Board Meetings held Electronically
An article authored by me on “The legality of board meetings” held electronically was recently published at businesslawyer.in. It is available at the following link.…