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 by the United Nations Commiss