SRD Law Notes

Punishment for Publishing or Transmitting Obscene Material in Electronic Form (IT Act, 2000)

Updated on 18 March 2026 Introduction      Publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form refers to the act …

What is Cyber Terrorism? Punishment for cyber terrorism (Section 66F)

What is Cyber Terrorism?    Cyberterrorism refers to the use of digital technology and the internet to conduct attacks with …

Violation of privacy & Punishment for violation of privacy (Cyber Law)

Violation of privacy         Violation of privacy refers to any unauthorized or unwarranted intrusion into an individual'…

Cheating by personation by using computer resource (Section 66D)

What is cheating by personation by using computer resources?     Cheating by personation using computer resources, often ref…

Punishment for identity theft (Section 66C of Information Technology Act 2000)

What is Identity Theft?       In simple language, Identity theft is a type of crime in which a person's personal informa…

Dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication device (Cyber Law)

Dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication device   Introduction -       "Dishonestly receiving st…

Sending offensive messages through communication service, etc (Cyber Law)

Introduction      Sending offensive messages through communication services is a form of online harassment or cyberbullying…

Hacking with computer systems , Data Alteration (Section 66 of Information Technology Act 2000)

Introduction      Hacking with the intent to alter data on computer systems is a serious and unlawful activity. It involves …

Tampering with computer source Documents (Sec.65 of Infirmation Technology Act 2000)

Introduction -         Tampering with computer source documents refers to the act of intentionally altering or modifying th…