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3. When the petitioner filed the present writ petition, she claimed she had already filed a complaint on the National Cyber-Crime Reporting Portal as well as to the jurisdictional police but to no avail; and by reason of inaction on the part of the authorities, the photographs had received some 15000 views within a week of being posted.
out so that legal proceedings of the nature faced by this court did not become futile.
7. Addressing the foregoing issue required examination of our own statutory landscape, the technological limitations and reality and also as to how such matters have been addressed internationally. This court therefore appointed Dr Pavan Duggal, Advocate, who specialises in cyber-law and cyber-crime, as Amicus Curiae to assist in addressing the issues involved.
(6) The intermediary shall strictly follow the provisions of the Act or any other laws for the time being in force.
(7) When required by lawful order, the intermediary shall provide information or any such assistance to Government Agencies who are lawfully authorised for investigative, protective, cyber security activity. The information or any such assistance shall be provided for the purpose of verification of identity, or for prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution, cyber security incidents and punishment of offences under any law for the time being in force, on a request in writing stating clearly the purpose of seeking such information or any such assistance.
(j) the intermediary shall, as soon as possible, but not later than seventy two hours of the receipt of an order, provide information under its control or possession, or assistance to the Government agency which is lawfully authorised for investigative or protective or cyber security activities, for the purposes of verification of identity, or for the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution, of offences under any law for the time being in force, or for cyber security incidents: