The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that as per Section 78 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 an officer below the rank of Police Inspector can register FIR for offence punishable under.
The Karnataka High Court has said that in order to proceed against a person with criminal action, the complainant or prosecuting agency must show prima facie material whereby some nexus could be.
The Karnataka High Court has quashed proceedings initiated last year against workers of now-banned Campus Front of India (CFI) for holding a meeting and gathering people at Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Bhavan, .