Legal Research & Education Desk · Bare Act record

Official name: IT Act, 2000
Year: 2000
Desk area: Cyber / IT
Status (desk note): In force subject to amendments — verify on India Code before relying on any section.
Last verified: 2026-08-26

Key sections (desk TOC)

Section 2 (desk note)

Definitional gateway for “computer”, “computer resource”, and related terms. Always read the operative definitions against the facts alleged.

Civil-facing damage/unauthorised access pathway commonly pleaded alongside criminal provisions — check current text and facts.

Computer-related offences frame. Pair with the specific dishonest/fraudulent allegation on the file.

Identity theft using electronic credentials / signatures — attribution and possession still matter.

Cheating by personation using a computer resource — common in OTP / voice-clone style fact patterns.

Obscenity in electronic form — constitutional and statutory filters both matter; do not treat a platform label as adjudication.

Blocking directions framework — compliance steps are evidence of process, not proof that mirrors vanished worldwide.

Intermediary safe harbour and due diligence — timing of takedown papers often becomes the interim fight.

Educational copy only. Confirm amendments on India Code / legislative.gov.in before relying on any provision.

By Act

India’s primary cyber statute: offences (43, 66-series, 67), intermediary safe harbour (79), blocking (69A), and CERT-In powers (70B).