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Legal Precedents

Shreya Singhal v. Union of India

2015

This landmark Supreme Court judgment struck down Section 66A of the IT Act 2000, which had given excessive powers to authorities for arrests related to online content. The…

Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v. Union of India (Privacy Judgment)

2017

While primarily about privacy rights, this judgment significantly impacted cybersecurity institutional framework by establishing privacy as a fundamental right. It mandated that…