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Madras HC Issues Notice to Union Against the conduct of Online Classes Amid Lockdown, points out Absence of Requisite Guidelines Under the IT Act, 2000 to Allow it

Lawstreet Journal 18 Jun 2020 1:06am

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Tamil Nadu is the second worst-hit state by the COVID-19 pandemic. With more than 48,000 cases, the daily movement of the entire state population has come to a grinding halt. The government is taking measures to ensure that the outbreak is controlled with an imposition of a strict lockdown in the major city of Chennai also been ordered. 

At such a time, essential activities have been consistently trudging along. One of the most of them, i.e., the dispensation of education has shifted entirely to online platforms. Schools are now using methods of videoconferencing to make sure students attend classes. However, the underlying requirement for access to the internet and its contents by young children certainly poses several issues with regard to safety and exposure.

Taking cognizance of this, the government of Karnataka has ordered that online classes should not take place for children in grades LKG to V. Other state governments have also constituted committees to deliberate upon a solution for this situation. 

With regards to Tamil Nadu, a petition was filed in the High Court of Madras regarding regulation for online classes. The petition contended that under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, conducting online classes in the absence of laws that keep a check on the material being circulated among the students is unwarranted. It also claimed that conducting classes without the requisite laws is not congenial for the purpose of education.

It contended that there exist grey areas in the rules, namely-

1) Information Technology Act. 2000 

2) Information Technology (Procedure and… Continue Reading...


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