Evolution of cybercrime laws in Tamil nadu

Summary:

Cybercrime offenders to be treated on par with hardened
criminals and sex offenders, and can face up to a year of preventive
detention in the state of Tamil Nadu.

There have been previous attempts to do this in TN,
http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/tamil-nadu-to-bring-cyber-crime-under-goondas-act-307528

The latest is this:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/amendments-will-be-violative-of-article-21-22-experts/article6306765.ece

"More significantly, the Bill also proposes to bring under the Goondas
Act the offences listed in Chapter XI of the Information Technology
Act. This includes Section 66(A) that prohibits “offensive messages
through communication service.”

In recent times, a number of persons have been booked under this
Section in many parts of the country for posting “offensive” messages
on social media sites attracting outrage from rights activists.

In fact, moving one step further, the amendments in the Bill make even
“preparations” for engaging in a cyber crime an offence if it had the
potential to affect public order.

“By bringing within its ambit those persons who are preparing to
engage in the commission of a cyber-law offence, the police will be
authorised to detain individuals who simply visit a website that
carries derogatory material that, if disseminated, will endanger
public order. Such a provision is hardly reasonable and is
constitutionally suspect,” feels Abhishek Sudhir, Assistant Director
of the Centre for Public Law and Jurisprudence at the Jindal Global
Law School. “Such a provision is violative of Article 21 of the
Constitution [which protects right of life and personal liberty].”

As on April 7, Tamil Nadu had 1851 persons detained under the TPDA."

Other reasons to be concerned, besides cybercrime:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/activists-fear-misuse-of-law/article6307809.ece?homepage=true

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