When IT Act, 2000 is applied, IPC cannot be applied by Police in the FIR
IT Act is a Special Act: case laws By Advocate (Dr.) Prashant Mali Sharat Babu Digumarti Vs . Govt. of NCT of Delhi. MANU /SC/1592/2016. Gagan Harsh Sharma and Ors. Vs. The State of Maharashtra and Ors. MANU/MH/3012/2018. Ajay Murlidhar Batheja Vs. The State Of Maharashtra and Ors. MANU/MH/ /2018. Special Law: A law that applies to a place or especially to a particular member or members of a class of persons or things in the same situation but not to the entire class and that is unconstitutional if the classification made is arbitrary or without a reasonable or legitimate justification or basis 1. The Indian Parliament enacted in the Fifty-First Year of the Republic of India, an act called the Information Technology Act, 2000. This act is based on the resolution A/RES/51/162 adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on the 30 TH January 1997 regarding the model law on the electronic commerce earlier adopted ...