Unit 3 of Cyber Law (syllabus: Module III — the offences under the Act; the striking-down of section 66A in Shreya Singhal and what survives it; interception, monitoring and blocking; the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 and the duties it creates). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- What turns a civil contravention under section 43 into an offence under section 66?
- When does tampering with computer source code become an offence under section 65?
- What is the position of section 66A today, and what survived its striking down?
- What do the lettered offences in sections 66B to 66F each punish?
- How does the Act punish obscene, sexually explicit and child sexual material in electronic form?
- What powers does the State have to intercept, block, monitor and protect, and how do they differ?
- What is the difference between section 72 and section 72A?
- What scheme does the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 set up, and how much of it is in force?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- Information Technology Act, 2000, s. ss. 43 and 66
- Information Technology Act, 2000, s. s. 65
- Information Technology Act, 2000, s. s. 66A
- Information Technology Act, 2000, s. ss. 66B to 66F
- Information Technology Act, 2000, s. ss. 67, 67A, 67B and 67C
- Information Technology Act, 2000, s. ss. 69, 69A, 69B, 70, 70A and 70B
- Information Technology Act, 2000, s. ss. 72 and 72A
- Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, s. ss. 3 to 18, 33 and 44