Re: Evolution of cybercrime laws in Tamil nadu

Karnataka has had a similar good fortune... let's join in the celebration
:-)

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-07-30/news/52237723_1_goonda-act-offences-offenders



On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 8:46 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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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