Section79.net
This website provides information about one of the most important sections of one of the most important legislations that have been passed in the history of independent India. Normally speaking, it is unheard of to find one specific website on one section or provision of law. We have seen portals of law. We have also seen websites on specific disciplines of law. We may have seen some website on a specific law. However websites on a section of law is very rare.
This website is a rarity which deals with and focuses on the various issues surroundings Section 79 of India’s Information Technology Act, 2000.
India passed its cyber law in the year 2000. This cyberlaw was known as the Information Technology Act 2000. Initially meant as a law only for promoting e-commerce, the Information Technology Act 2000 was also a landmark legislation because its provided for the liability of network service providers.
Section 79 of the information technology act 2000 is a solitary section that appears in chapter XI of the said law. The title of chapter is “Network Service Providers Not To Be Liable In Certain Circumstances”. Section 79 established the first time the legal proposition on the legal liability of network service providers for third party data or information made available by them.
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