-Arnav Kaman & Gauri Sidana Introduction Before the start of the Paris AI summit, President Macron shared a video with deepfake AI generated versions of himself in popular movies and TV shows. An ill attempt at humour by the president wanting to bring attention back on to himself. One cannot help but feel the video … Continue reading Criminalising Deepfake NCII: A Swift and Just Sword
-By Sahajveer Baweja Predictive policing is an application/tool that is supported by artificial intelligence technology. These tools are currently used by investigation wings and law and order agencies in many nations to curb the crime from taking place. Such applications work on the concept of using sets of data quantities which are processed by analytical … Continue reading Predictive policing: A criminal justice tool that threatens human rights
By Shubhra Agarwal and Anusha Agarwal INTRODUCTION The Information Technology Act, 2000 has been contentious legislation since its enactment. The Act gave a new direction to how cyber-crimes are dealt with in India. However, the question we ask today is whether it fits satisfactorily in the current scenario or does it require revision. One particular … Continue reading Section 67 of IT Act 2000: Scope, Misuse and the Striking Inadequacy
By Anurag Mohan Bhatnagar and Manvendra Shekhawat Introduction We live in an era in which, almost every crime has an electronic component involved, and be it a computer or mobile phones or even a small SD Card. Mobile phones, laptops, computers can be used for carrying out crime and can further be helpful for investigating … Continue reading The Nuances of Search and Seizure of Electronic Evidence: What Are the Components Involved?
By Abhinav Sekhri [This post first appeared on the author's blog, 'The Proof of Guilt'.] I've put out a short primer/paper (made with friends) explaining the basics about mobile phones and criminal investigations. This is meant to help convey the legal issues that arise in the context of the following: (i) seizure of a phone by … Continue reading Mobile Phones and Criminal Investigations
By Ashima Sharma and Nidhi Pratap Singh The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019 ( “Bill”) has been formulated to create a national DNA database for use in criminal investigation and civil matters. DNA technology can be used to ascertain the identity of a person and can be of use in criminal investigation … Continue reading The DNA Technology Regulation Bill, 2019 and its Impact on Marginalised Communities
Aman Garg On January 29, the Gujarat High Court, in a strongly worded verdict, declared the ‘two-finger test’ to be violative of woman’s right to privacy and dignity and held the same to be unconstitutional. The Hon’ble Court noted that the said practice was in direct conflict with different constitutional and statutory provisions and directed … Continue reading Two-finger Test: Transgression into Dignity, Privacy, and more…
By Samarth Sansar “The right to privacy is protected as an intrinsic part of the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 and as a part of the freedoms guaranteed by Part III of the Constitution.”[1] A 9- judge bench of the Supreme Court in Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) and Anr. vs Union Of India … Continue reading Privacy Judgement: Impact on Law of Searches
