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List of Incidents in Delhi -> Online and mobile -> 2017
FIR in Cyber Squatting: Misinterpretation of IT Act
Ref: https://goodherald.com/fir-in-cyber-squatting-misinterpretation-of-it-act/
Recently, a FIR has been lodged by the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police on the complaint of the President Secretariat alleging the existence of the domain name www.pratibhapatil.com having no connection with the Hon’ble President. The preliminary enquiry revealed that a person from Kerala has got it registered and the website was hosted from Germany. The website has been got removed. There was no content on the website except some links of the other websites. The FIR u/s 66/66A IT Act and Section 469 Indian Penal Code was registered by the EOW with the opinion of the Public Prosecutor.