📘 Commentary on Information Technology Act – With Rules, Regulations, Orders, Guidelines, Reports and Policy Documents | 3rd Edition (2016)
✒️ Authored by: Apar Gupta | Language: English | Publisher: Lexis Nexis

This renowned commentary by Apar Gupta, one of India’s leading technology law experts, provides a comprehensive and practice-oriented study of the Information Technology Act, 2000, as amended, along with its allied rules, regulations, and policy documents. Updated in its 3rd Edition (2016), this book offers both doctrinal clarity and practical insights, making it an indispensable reference for legal practitioners, corporates, policymakers, and academicians in the field of cyber law.

🔍 Key Features:

• 📜 Exhaustive Section-Wise Commentary – detailed interpretation of provisions of the IT Act, 2000 (as amended), supported by legislative history.

• ⚖️ Judicial Analysis – in-depth discussion of landmark Supreme Court and High Court decisions, including Shreya Singhal v. Union of India striking down Section 66A.

• 💻 Coverage of Rules & Regulations – intermediary guidelines, cyber cafe rules, CERT-In directions, and e-governance frameworks.

• 🌐 E-Commerce & Digital Economy – policy insights on online contracts, digital signatures, and liability of intermediaries.

• 🔒 Cybercrime & Data Security – analysis of offences like hacking, identity theft, child pornography, cyber terrorism, and challenges of surveillance and privacy.

• 📚 Policy Integration – includes reports, white papers, and policy documents shaping India’s digital governance framework.

• 🆕 Updated to 2016 – reflecting amendments, government initiatives (like Digital India), and global developments in cyber law.

• 🛠️ Practice Utility – drafting notes, compliance guidelines, and insights useful for IT companies, startups, and corporate counsels.

🎯 Recommended For:

• Advocates & cyber law practitioners

• Corporate counsels, IT professionals & compliance officers

• Policymakers, regulators & enforcement agencies

• Academicians, researchers & law students specialising in technology law

• Law enforcement agencies dealing with cybercrime

This third edition continues Apar Gupta’s reputation for clear, authoritative, and insightful commentary, blending legal depth, judicial interpretation, and policy perspective—making it a definitive guide to India’s cyber law framework.