2024-08-29 07:11:31
In today’s time, when a crime is committed, the first thing that is done is to search for the criminal’s mobile phone. The criminal’s calls and messages are scrutinized to find some link. But what if the criminal deletes your messages and calls? This matter was made the basis in the country’s top court. Deleting messages and calls from the mobile phone was presented as tampering with evidence. But in this case, the Supreme Court held that deleting messages from the phone is not a crime.
What does the court have to say?
The court acknowledged that in today’s time people rapidly shift from old to new phones. In such a situation, the bench of Justice BR and KV Vishwanathan said that mobiles are upgraded from time to time, due to which old messages can be deleted. The court considered mobile phones to be a private thing. In such a situation, messages and other things are also deleted due to privacy in the phone. Apart from this, the phone becomes slow due to more photos, videos and messages in the phone.
What do experts say
Mobile experts recommend deleting unnecessary messages, photos and videos from time to time so that the speed of the phone can be increased. Messages, photos and videos are deleted for smartphone users with low RAM and storage.
rules regarding mobile phones
There are no separate rules for mobile phones in India. But recently the central government has amended the IT Act and added new rules. The IT Act has regulations specifically for social media, while action is taken for mobile phones as per the sections of the Indian Constitution.
Provision of jail and fine
According to the rules, if you threaten someone by calling or messaging on mobile, you can be fined and jailed under Indian law. Apart from this, no one’s privacy can be violated using mobile phone. According to the Supreme Court’s decision, sharing the name and photo of a rape victim on social media or mobile phone is a violation of the law.