Neutral Citation Number: 2023:DHC:2806
promise or otherwise in the commission of
the unlawful act;
(b) upon receiving actual knowledge, or on
being notified by the appropriate
Government or its agency that any
information, data or communication link
residing in or connected to a computer
resource controlled by the intermediary is
being used to commit the unlawful act, the
intermediary fails to expeditiously remove or
disable access to that material on that
resource without vitiating the evidence in
any manner.
Explanation.–For the purposes of this section, the
expression ―third party information means any
information dealt with by an intermediary in his
capacity as an intermediary.‖
23.
With respect to the IT Rules, Rule 3 of the IT Rules assumes
significance as it lays down due diligence that must be exercised by
intermediaries and the grievance redressal mechanism that is to be employed
by an intermediary. At this juncture, it is stated that the IT Rules have been
amended by way of Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and
Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2022 (hereinafter referred
to as the “2022 Amendment Rules”). This Court will, thus, refer to the
amended Rule 3. Rule 3(1)(b) stipulates that the intermediary shall inform
its rules and regulations, privacy policy and user agreement to the user in
English or any language specified in the Eight Schedule to the Constitution
in the language of his choice and shall make reasonable efforts to cause the
user of its computer resource not to host, display, upload, modify, publish,
transmit, store, update or share any information that, inter alia, belongs to
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By:SHAZAAD ZAKIR
Signing Date:26.04.2023
17:19:50
W.P.(CRL) 1505/2021
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