• Is Bitcoin legal in India?

    Bitcoin is the first decentralised peer-to-peer payment network that is powered using Blockchain technology. It first appeared in January 2009, the creation of a computer programmer using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin is a state-of-the-art Internet virtual currency that allows anyone to buy and sell goods and services without the need of an intermediary agent such as…

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  • The Delhi HC asks Centre to submit steps against Blue Whale game

    There is a new face of crime which we have seen in recent days which is known as blue whale game. The Blue Whale Challenge is reportedly a suicide game in which the player is given certain tasks to complete over a period of 50 days and the final task leads him or her to…

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  • Bogus websites, Cyber Frauds – Sec.420 IPC

    Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 420. Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property Whoever cheats and thereby dishonestly induces the person deceived any property to any person, or to make, alter or destroy the whole or any part of a valuable security, or anything which is signed or sealed, and which is capable of being…

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  • Sending defamatory messages by e-mail – Sec.499 IPC

    Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 499. Defamation Whoever, by words either spoken or intended to be read, or by signs or by visible representations, makes or publishes any imputation concerning any person intending to harm, or knowing or having reason to believe that such imputation will harm, the reputation of such person, is said, except…

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  • Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman – Sec.509 IPC

    Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 509. Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman Whoever, intending to insult the modesty of any woman, utters any word, makes any sound or gesture, or exhibits any object, intending that such word or sound shall be heard, of that such gesture or object shall…

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