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Information Technology Act one of the outcome of the resolution which was to be dated on 30th January 1997 from  the General Assembly of the United Nations, which adopts the Model Law on Electronic Commerce,  Model Law on Electronic Commerce on International Trade Law . This type of resolution recommends, inter alia, that all states have to give favorable consideration to the said Model Law as adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nation while it revise enactment for new law, so that the uniformity of the laws may be observed by the various cyber-nations, applicable for the alternative to paper based methods of communication and storage of the information. The Department of Electronics (DOE) in July 1998 drafted a bill . However, the bill could only be introduced in the House on December 16, 1999 (after a gap of almost one and a half years) when the new IT Ministry was formed in our country. It goes through substantial alteration, with the C...

"..AS I MOVE FURTHER IN SUPPORT  LET ME CLEAR WHAT ACTUALLY THIS SECTION WAS.."   The Supreme Court has quashed Section 66(A) of the Information Technology Act, terming it "vague" and "unconstitutional" . The controversial section has long been decried by activists, freedom of speech and internet freedom campaigners as being aimed solely at muzzling dissent and differences of opinion on the internet. The IT Act had been passed in 2000, but had not included the contentious section. An amendment to the law in 2008 had inserted Section 66(A) . It is part of the larger Section 66, which deals with "Computer related offences", and outlines punishment of imprisonment up to three years, a fine of up to Rs. 5 lakh, or both. The purpose of Section 66(A), according to the annotations of the law, reads, "Punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc." Section 66(A) reads: "Any per...

The Information Technology Act, 2000 dealt with Computer related crimes in it’s Chapter – XI Offences (65-78) and for the same time Information Technology Act, 2000 amended the Indian Penal Code to cover the cyber crimes expressly. Here in this chapter the offences along with the punishment provided in the Information Technology Act, 2000 are given below let us know what actually they are and if someone found on doing the offence what charges would be taken on you . ·          Tampering with computer source documents [Sec.65] a.        Imprisonment up to three years, or with fine which may extend up to two lakh rupees, or both. b.       Offence is cognizable and bailable. c.        Case is triable by the court of Magistrate of first class. ·          Computer related offences [Sec.66] a....

   Email Hacking    1.   Suppose the password has been stolen & obscene emails are being send to your friends from the given address book .Sec. 43,66,67 of Information Technology ACT, 2000 & section 509 of Indian Penal Code . The person who is hacking the email account as well as a person who is misusing it are responsible for the crime. 2.   Password stolen &  hacker tried to intimidate victim to shake down money from him/her . Sec. 43,66,of IT ACT,2000 & Section 384 of IPC. Person who is hacking email account as well as person who is  misusing and who is motivating to do that is responsible for that crime. Virus Dissemination Viruses are the programs which affects the available files on the computer & spread all over  the network by using the Internet.  Virus is targeting an individual or an exact organization which is not detected by antivirus software’s. Section 43,66 of IT Act,2000 and ...