Tagged “cyber”

9 articles on cyber.

Agij Promotion v. Union of India: the IT Rules 2021 Part III stays

On 14 August 2021, a Bombay High Court division bench stayed Rules 9(1) and 9(3) of the IT Rules 2021 pan-India — holding that the Code of Ethics for digital news media travels beyond the rule-making power conferred by the IT Act and chills Article 19(1)(a) speech.

Valkya Editorial·1 Jun 2026·10 min

Landmark JudgmentDelhi High Court

Jorawer Singh Mundy v. Union of India: interim delisting of an Indian acquittal

On 12 April 2021, a single judge of the Delhi High Court granted interim de-indexing of news reports of a prosecution that had ended in acquittal, applying the right to be forgotten under Article 21.

Valkya Editorial·1 Jun 2026·9 min

Landmark JudgmentHigh Court of Delhi

Karmanya Singh Sareen v. Union of India: the WhatsApp privacy policy litigation

A 2016 Delhi High Court division bench refused to read constitutional restraints into a click-wrap consent transaction but moulded transitional relief — and the case has been pending before a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court ever since.

Valkya Editorial·1 Jun 2026·10 min

Landmark JudgmentHigh Court of Bombay

Kunal Kamra v. Union of India: the Fact Check Unit and the 2-1 split

A Bombay High Court division bench split 1-1 in January 2024 on the constitutional validity of the IT Rules 2023 Fact Check Unit. The tie-breaking opinion of Justice A.S. Chandurkar in September 2024 struck down Rule 3(1)(b)(v) — vague, overbroad, and structurally inviting the state to be judge in its own cause.

Valkya Editorial·1 Jun 2026·10 min

Landmark JudgmentSupreme Court of India

Manohar Lal Sharma v. Union of India: the Pegasus committee

On 27 October 2021, a three-judge bench refused the Union's national-security plea and constituted an expert committee to investigate the Pegasus spyware allegations against Indian citizens.

Valkya Editorial·1 Jun 2026·9 min

Landmark JudgmentSupreme Court of India

Sabu Mathew George v. Union of India: search ads and pre-natal sex-determination

On 13 December 2017, a three-judge bench ordered search engines to auto-block pre-natal sex-determination advertisements, recalibrating the Shreya Singhal intermediary safe-harbour for PCPNDT enforcement.

Valkya Editorial·1 Jun 2026·9 min

Landmark JudgmentSupreme Court of India

Shreya Singhal v. Union of India: striking down Section 66A

On 24 March 2015, a two-judge bench struck down Section 66A of the IT Act as unconstitutionally vague and overbroad, reshaping India's online-speech and intermediary-liability law.

Valkya Editorial·1 Jun 2026·9 min

Landmark JudgmentOrissa High Court

Subhranshu Rout v. State of Odisha: the right to be forgotten for survivors

On 23 November 2020, the Orissa High Court refused bail and articulated India's first judicial recognition of the right to be forgotten for survivors of sexual offences.

Valkya Editorial·1 Jun 2026·9 min

Landmark JudgmentHigh Court of Karnataka

X Corp v. Union of India: Karnataka HC, Section 69A, and the cost of resistance

On 30 June 2023, a single bench of the Karnataka High Court dismissed Twitter's challenge to MeitY blocking orders covering 39 URLs and 1,474 accounts — and imposed exemplary costs of fifty lakh rupees. Section 69A, the court held, authorises account-level blocking; foreign intermediaries have only limited Article 19 standing; and selective compliance attracts deterrent costs.

Valkya Editorial·1 Jun 2026·10 min