Protection of life and personal liberty
Protects life and personal liberty, subject to procedure established by law and constitutional interpretation.
Official law source ↗Civil & constitutional · LEGAL ISSUE GUIDE
Privacy / Digital Rights
निजता का अधिकार
Find constitutional and statutory provisions related to privacy and misuse of digital information.
Understanding this legal issue
Find constitutional and statutory provisions related to privacy and misuse of digital information.
Privacy protection may involve additional data-protection statutes, rules and sectoral regimes not covered in this starter database.
Key question: Was the concern unauthorised access, disclosure, surveillance or image misuse?
SELECTED PROVISIONS · NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST
Constitutional rights
Protection of certain freedoms
Protects specified freedoms, subject to constitutionally permitted restrictions.
Official law source ↗Related digital provisions
Penalty and compensation for damage to computer or computer system
Civil compensation framework for specified unauthorised computer-related acts.
Official law source ↗Identity theft
Criminalises specified dishonest or fraudulent use of another person’s digital identifiers.
Official law source ↗Violation of privacy
Covers specified capture/transmission of images violating privacy.
Official law source ↗Breach of confidentiality and privacy
Relates to disclosure of information obtained under powers given by the Act.
Official law source ↗Evidence
Admissibility of electronic records
Sets conditions relevant to electronic records and the statutory certificate framework.
Official law source ↗Before relying on these references: Read the full official law, check sub-sections, schedules, exemptions, dates, special Acts, transition rules and current judicial interpretation. Mentioning a section here does not mean it applies to every fact pattern.