The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Centre over its December 20th, 2018 order where the Ministry of Home Affairs allowed 10 agencies to monitor, intercept and collect data from all computers, under Section 69 of the Information and Technology Act, reports Hindustan Times. The SC has given six weeks' time to the Centre to respond to the notice. The Court has, however, not stayed the Centre's order. The contents of the SC's current notice are unavailable at the moment. [caption id="attachment_195383" align="aligncenter" width="399"] Case status from the Supreme Court's website[/caption] The petition was filed by Shreya Singhal along with a string of petitions by Manohar Lal Sharma, Amit Sahni and Trinamool Congress MLA Mahua Moitra. Singhal, in her petition, listed the Union of India, Cyber and Information Security division, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and Ministry of Law as respondents in the matter seeking a stay on the order. The court, while hearing the plea, said "In view of 69, the power does exist. 69 was introduced in 2009 and subsequently amended. What have you been doing since then?" It noted a "serious infringement of privacy" and said that some guidelines have to be read into the notification, issued by the Centre. [caption id="attachment_195384" align="aligncenter" width="405"] Case status from the Supreme Court's website[/caption] All computers under surveillance Earlier on December 21st, 2018, the Ministry of Home Affairs had notified the following agencies with the power to monitor all computers: Intelligence Bureau Narcotics Control Bureau Enforcement Directorate Central Board of Direct Taxes Directorate…
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