TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUPERVISOR'S CERTIFICATE ;
DECLARATION ;
ABBREVIATIONS ;
TABLE OF CASES ;
LIST OF STATUTES ;
1. INTRODUCTION ;
1.1. STATEMENT OF PROBLEM ;
1.2. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ;
1.3. HYPOTHESIS ;
1.4. RESEARCH QUESTIONS ;
1.5. RESEARCH METHODOLOGV ;
1.6. LITERATURE REVIEW ;
1.7. CHAPTERIZATION ;
2. CVBER-CENSORSHIP ;
2.1. THE CONCEPT OF CENSORSHIP ;
2.2. CVBER CENSORSHIP ;
2.2.1. ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST CVBER CENSORSHIP ;
2.2.2. CVBER CENSORSHIP : EVOLUTION ;
2.2.3. CVBER CENSORSHIP AND DEMOCRACV ;
3. DIGITAL FREEDOM ;
3.1. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ;
3.1.1. FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION AND INTERNET ;
3.1.2. INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL INSTRUMENTS PERTAINING TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ;
3.1.3. INDIAN CONSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE PERTAINING TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ;
4. DIGITAL FREEDOM IN INDIA ;
4.1. ONLINE CENSORSHIP ;
4.1.1 BLOCKING ACCESS TO CONTENT UNDER SECTION 69A ;
4.1.2 TAKEDOWN REQUESTS ;
4.1.3. NETWORK DISRUPTIONSI INTERNET SHUTDOWNS ;
4.2. CRIMINALISATION OF ONLINE SPEECH AND EXPRESSION ;
4.3. SURVEILLANCE, PRIVACY AND GOVERNMENT'S ACCESS TO INDIVIDUALS' ONLINE DATA ;
5. APPRAISAL OF INDIA'S CYBER CENSORSHIP REGIME ;
5.1. IMPACT OF SHREYA SINGHAL JUDGEMENT ;
5.2. EXTENTION OF TRADITIONAL CENSORSHIP LAWS TOTHE ONLINE SPHERE;
5.3. APPRAISAL OF THE EXISTING REGIME ;
6. CONCLUSION ;
7. BIBLIOGRAPHY ;
APPENDIX: Table of Laws pertaining to Cyber Censorship in India.