Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on PIL against notification under IT Act

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Central government on PIL which questioned the notification authorising 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt any computer system. What was the notification? Under the notification, the central government had empowered 10 agencies, Intelligence Bureau, Narcotics Control Bureau, Enforcement Directorate, the Central Board of Direct ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019

Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

Topics: Central Bureau of Investigation • CLAT • Delhi Police commissioner • Directorate of Revenue Intelligence • Directorate of Signal Intelligence (in service areas of J-K North East and Assam) • Enforcement Directorate • Intelligence Bureau • Narcotics Control Bureau • National Investigation Agency • Snooping • Supreme court • surveillance state • the Central Board of Direct Taxes (for Income Tax Department) • the Research and Analysis Wing

PIL in Supreme Court against govt’s order to snoop on computers

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma challenging the government’s notification authorising 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt any computer system. What was the Order of the Home Ministry? As per the notification of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, 10 central probe and snoop agencies ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2018

Topics: CBDT • CBI • ED • IB • PIL • Snooping

10 Central Agencies authorised by Government to snoop on “any” Computer System

The Union government has notified 10 Central Agencies giving them the power to intercept, monitor and decrypt all the data contained in “any” computer system in India. The Cyber and Information Security Division under the Home ministry issued this notification. The 10 agencies authorised by the central government are the Intelligence Bureau, Narcotics Control Bureau, Directorate ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2018

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: Central Agencies • IT Act 2000 • Snooping