Defamation on Internet:
N.K.Assumi
(Querist) 01 September 2008
This query is : Resolved
what constitutes defamation on the internet?
nitin
(Expert) 01 September 2008
section 67 of the information and technology act of the cyber crime constitutes defamation on the net.
it says when someone has with the intention to defame the character of the person or his family or the poperty, supplied on the net any harmful material for that purpose it amounts to defamation
it is simlar to the section 292 IPC
punishments 25000 rs or conviction for 2years
Manish Singh
(Expert) 02 September 2008
67. Publishing of information which is obscene in electronic form. - Whoever publishes or transmits or causes to be published in the electronic form, any material which is lascivious or appeal to the prurient interest or if its effect is such as to tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely, having regard to all relevant circumstances, to read, see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it, shall be punished on first conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years and with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees and in the event of a second or subsequent conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years and also with fine which may extend to two lakh rupees.
