TFIPOST हिन्दी
TFIPOST Global
Tfipost.com
Tfipost.com
No Result
View All Result
  • Premium
  • Politics
    • All
    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
    Celebration of Faith and Freedom: Ganeshotsav Named Maharashtra’s Official Festival

    Century-Old Tradition Gets Official Honour: Ganeshotsav as Maharashtra’s State Festival

    CM Nayab Singh Saini Issues Strong Directives to Police officials

    Adopt Zero Tolerance Towards Crime: Haryana CM Nayab Saini Issues Strong Directives to Police

    Sonia at 78: Will Congress Apply Bhagwat’s Advice Internally?

    Elated by Mohan Bhagwat’s Statement, will Congress leaders now ask 78-year-old Sonia Gandhi to retire?

    No Appointment, No Respect: Siddaramaiah Returns Empty-Handed, CM Exit Looms

    Rahul Refuses to Meet Siddaramaiah, Congress Signals Leadership Shift in Karnataka?

    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
  • Economy
    • All
    • Business
    • Economy1
    • Finance
    Namibia Bets on Indian Tech: How UPI Will Revolutionise Its Economy and Boost India's Global Digital Clout

    Namibia Bets on Indian Tech: How UPI Will Revolutionise Its Economy and Boost India’s Global Digital Clout

    Opportunities for Youth in a Changing India

    Opportunities for Youth in a Changing India: Global Investment Expert Manu Seth Shares Insights

    Simple Legal Steps to Protect Your Brand in India

    Simple Legal Steps to Protect Your Brand in India

    Indian-Origin Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja Appointed Treasurer of Elon Musk’s 'America Party'

    Indian-Origin Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja Selected Treasurer of Elon Musk’s ‘America Party’

    • Business
    • Finance
  • Defense
    • All
    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
    Modi Govt Targets Strategic Dams Near Pakistan, Seeks ₹3,119 Crore to Speed Kwar Project

    Modi Govt Targets Strategic Dams Near Pakistan, Seeks ₹3,119 Crore to Speed Kwar Project

    4 Chinese Nationals Arrested for Spying on Rafale Jets in Greece

    4 Chinese Nationals Arrested for Spying on Rafale Jets in Greece

    Decoy That Changed the Game: How India's AI-Powered X-Guard Neutralised Pakistani Air Threats

    Rafale Decoy Confused Pakistan Jets During Operation Sindoor, Claims US Veteran Pilot

    India Successfully Tests Indigenous Anti-Submarine Rocket ERASR

    India Successfully Tests Indigenous Anti-Submarine Rocket ERASR, Boosting Navy’s Underwater Capabilities

    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
  • Geopolitics
    • All
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
    Kapil Sharma’s Café Targeted by Suspected Khalistani Terrorists

    Kapil Sharma’s Café Targeted by Khalistani Terrorists: Canada’s Dangerous Embrace of Radical Elements Exposed

    Modi Govt Targets Strategic Dams Near Pakistan, Seeks ₹3,119 Crore to Speed Kwar Project

    Modi Govt Targets Strategic Dams Near Pakistan, Seeks ₹3,119 Crore to Speed Kwar Project

    Taliban Blocks 45-Year-Old Man from Taking 6-Year-Old Wife

    Taliban Blocks 45-Year-Old Man from Taking 6-Year-Old Wife, Asks Him to Wait Till She’s 9

    4 Chinese Nationals Arrested for Spying on Rafale Jets in Greece

    4 Chinese Nationals Arrested for Spying on Rafale Jets in Greece

    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
  • Knowledge
    • All
    • Culture
    • Education
    • History
    • Indology
    Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Suspends Senior Official for Attending Church Services

    Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Suspends Senior Official for Attending Church Services

    The Beginning of Devotion: History of the First Kanwar Yatra

    The Beginning of Devotion: History of the First Kanwar Yatra 

    Kanwar Yatra: UP Gears Up With Full-Scale Arrangements

    Kanwar Yatra: Four Devotional Paths, One Divine Destination

    char dham yatra suspended due to bad weather

    Uttarakhand Suspends Char Dham Yatra Due to Adverse Weather, Prioritizes Pilgrim Safety

    • Culture
    • History
    • Indology
  • Law
  • Lounge
    • All
    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Entertainment
    • Food
    • Games
    • Health
    • Lifestyle
    • Satire
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    Nova88 App Compatibility: Works Seamlessly on All Devices

    Nova88 App Compatibility: Works Seamlessly on All Devices

    Why Every Sports Team Now Has a Data Scientist

    Why Every Sports Team Now Has a Data Scientist

    Prakash Raj, Vijay Deverakonda among other Tollywood actors booked for promoting illegal betting apps

    Prakash Raj, Deverakonda, Rana Booked by ED in Betting Scam Case

    Try These 6 High-Protein Vrat-Friendly Foods to Stay Energised

    Fasting This Sawan 2025? Try These 6 High-Protein Vrat-Friendly Foods to Stay Energised

    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Food
    • Health
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    • Satire
Tfipost.com
  • Premium
  • Politics
    • All
    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
    Celebration of Faith and Freedom: Ganeshotsav Named Maharashtra’s Official Festival

    Century-Old Tradition Gets Official Honour: Ganeshotsav as Maharashtra’s State Festival

    CM Nayab Singh Saini Issues Strong Directives to Police officials

    Adopt Zero Tolerance Towards Crime: Haryana CM Nayab Saini Issues Strong Directives to Police

    Sonia at 78: Will Congress Apply Bhagwat’s Advice Internally?

    Elated by Mohan Bhagwat’s Statement, will Congress leaders now ask 78-year-old Sonia Gandhi to retire?

    No Appointment, No Respect: Siddaramaiah Returns Empty-Handed, CM Exit Looms

    Rahul Refuses to Meet Siddaramaiah, Congress Signals Leadership Shift in Karnataka?

    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
  • Economy
    • All
    • Business
    • Economy1
    • Finance
    Namibia Bets on Indian Tech: How UPI Will Revolutionise Its Economy and Boost India's Global Digital Clout

    Namibia Bets on Indian Tech: How UPI Will Revolutionise Its Economy and Boost India’s Global Digital Clout

    Opportunities for Youth in a Changing India

    Opportunities for Youth in a Changing India: Global Investment Expert Manu Seth Shares Insights

    Simple Legal Steps to Protect Your Brand in India

    Simple Legal Steps to Protect Your Brand in India

    Indian-Origin Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja Appointed Treasurer of Elon Musk’s 'America Party'

    Indian-Origin Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja Selected Treasurer of Elon Musk’s ‘America Party’

    • Business
    • Finance
  • Defense
    • All
    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
    Modi Govt Targets Strategic Dams Near Pakistan, Seeks ₹3,119 Crore to Speed Kwar Project

    Modi Govt Targets Strategic Dams Near Pakistan, Seeks ₹3,119 Crore to Speed Kwar Project

    4 Chinese Nationals Arrested for Spying on Rafale Jets in Greece

    4 Chinese Nationals Arrested for Spying on Rafale Jets in Greece

    Decoy That Changed the Game: How India's AI-Powered X-Guard Neutralised Pakistani Air Threats

    Rafale Decoy Confused Pakistan Jets During Operation Sindoor, Claims US Veteran Pilot

    India Successfully Tests Indigenous Anti-Submarine Rocket ERASR

    India Successfully Tests Indigenous Anti-Submarine Rocket ERASR, Boosting Navy’s Underwater Capabilities

    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
  • Geopolitics
    • All
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
    Kapil Sharma’s Café Targeted by Suspected Khalistani Terrorists

    Kapil Sharma’s Café Targeted by Khalistani Terrorists: Canada’s Dangerous Embrace of Radical Elements Exposed

    Modi Govt Targets Strategic Dams Near Pakistan, Seeks ₹3,119 Crore to Speed Kwar Project

    Modi Govt Targets Strategic Dams Near Pakistan, Seeks ₹3,119 Crore to Speed Kwar Project

    Taliban Blocks 45-Year-Old Man from Taking 6-Year-Old Wife

    Taliban Blocks 45-Year-Old Man from Taking 6-Year-Old Wife, Asks Him to Wait Till She’s 9

    4 Chinese Nationals Arrested for Spying on Rafale Jets in Greece

    4 Chinese Nationals Arrested for Spying on Rafale Jets in Greece

    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
  • Knowledge
    • All
    • Culture
    • Education
    • History
    • Indology
    Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Suspends Senior Official for Attending Church Services

    Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Suspends Senior Official for Attending Church Services

    The Beginning of Devotion: History of the First Kanwar Yatra

    The Beginning of Devotion: History of the First Kanwar Yatra 

    Kanwar Yatra: UP Gears Up With Full-Scale Arrangements

    Kanwar Yatra: Four Devotional Paths, One Divine Destination

    char dham yatra suspended due to bad weather

    Uttarakhand Suspends Char Dham Yatra Due to Adverse Weather, Prioritizes Pilgrim Safety

    • Culture
    • History
    • Indology
  • Law
  • Lounge
    • All
    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Entertainment
    • Food
    • Games
    • Health
    • Lifestyle
    • Satire
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    Nova88 App Compatibility: Works Seamlessly on All Devices

    Nova88 App Compatibility: Works Seamlessly on All Devices

    Why Every Sports Team Now Has a Data Scientist

    Why Every Sports Team Now Has a Data Scientist

    Prakash Raj, Vijay Deverakonda among other Tollywood actors booked for promoting illegal betting apps

    Prakash Raj, Deverakonda, Rana Booked by ED in Betting Scam Case

    Try These 6 High-Protein Vrat-Friendly Foods to Stay Energised

    Fasting This Sawan 2025? Try These 6 High-Protein Vrat-Friendly Foods to Stay Energised

    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Food
    • Health
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    • Satire
No Result
View All Result
Tfipost.com
Tfipost.com
No Result
View All Result
  • Premium
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Defense
  • Geopolitics
  • Knowledge
  • Law
  • Lounge

Shraddha Case: The legality of dating apps in India

Abhishek Kumar Singh by Abhishek Kumar Singh
19 November 2022
in Law
dating apps
Share on FacebookShare on X

Once again, our conscience has been shaken. Once again, a person has become a victim of online dating. This time, it’s more problematic since Shraddha has been living with her killer for 3 years. This literally begs the question of whether the online dating world is so biased towards showing only one face of multi-faceted humans. If yes, what are our laws doing about it?

Right to privacy guides dating apps

The answer is a bit vague. To start with, one will be disappointed to know that there is no specific law guiding the rules and regulations of dating apps in India. Instead, most legal provisions are directed towards punishing the perpetrator after he or she is finished with the job. Moreover, the rules and regulations guiding dating apps in India are a bit loose and subject to liberal interpretation in favour of the perpetrator.

RelatedPosts

Bumble the new bluff for lonely generation, 23-year Tushar Bisht scams 700 women

Tragedy Ignites Call for Change in Interfaith Relationship Attitudes After Mahalaxmi’s Murder

Shraddha Aftab case: The horrifying consequences of dating apps in India

Load More

The philosophy behind regulating dating apps emerges from the “Right to privacy” under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. In the Justice KS Puttaswamy (Retd.) v Union of India judgement, the Honorable SC said that the right to be forgotten is an implicit part of the right to privacy. It implies that people can order their information to be taken down from dating sites. In addition, it also means that people have the right to keep their information private.

IT rules on dating apps

That is where the IT rules come in conflict with it. Information Technology (Reasonable security practises and procedures and sensitive personal data or information) Rules, 2011 (Privacy Rules) enable the right to privacy but only in cases of sensitive information like credit and debit cards, biometric information, passwords, health information, medical records and history, and sexual orientation.

For other kinds of information, such as age, gender, religion, and political affiliation, among others, dating apps are not even required to classify them as sensitive information. That is why you see apps like Bumble, where Shraddha met Aftab, asking you to answer these questions. You get only those matches whose profiles are in line with the answer you provided.

Authenticity is a casualty

There is a problem here, and that is authenticity. These dating apps have absolutely no compulsion to have a KYC mechanism in place. Certainly, you may say that few apps ask you to take a selfie in a particular manner for verification. But tell me how in the world that is a verification process. Anyone can fake the identity by placing someone on the front camera. Face is not a biometric to catch anyone. For instance, in the Chandigarh University MMS leak scandal, the girl’s boyfriend was chatting with her by using someone else’s DP on social media.

What these apps lack is a proper biometric identification process. See, there is absolutely no problem with getting a selfie. Even banks and other governing bodies now use this technology. However, they have your identity cards. These identity cards, like Voter ID, Aadhar, and PAN, among others, have a direct link to your immutable biometrics.

In other words, banks use your selfie to verify your identity with documents, while dating apps use your selfie as a marker of identity. There is a very fine but significant difference between the process.

Effects of self-attestation

Verifying a face with identity cards makes it easier to ascertain the character of a person. Institutions use both identity cards and facial recognition to cross-verify with law enforcement agencies and your account is only opened after that. Contrary to it, dating apps require you to answer a few questions in order to verify your identity. They are literally self-declarations and are prone to misuse by nefarious elements.

In May this year, Noida police arrested a trio: two girls and a boy for killing their victims. Girls would create profiles on dating apps, and once the victim was enticed, they and the man would use sedatives to loot and kill them. A few years ago, a man named Dushyant Sharma was chopped into pieces by her online date and her friends. Dushyant had faked himself as a rich brat to get dates. Here again, the lack of a verification process comes into play. There are numerous such cases in the public domain.

If there had been a KYC, both sides would have been transparent.

They are not social media

The other side of the argument is that too many checks and balances could cause restrictions on burgeoning downloads. After all, the reason why Google, Facebook, Instagram, and other similar apps have millions of users is that there is self-attestation of age, sex, and other criteria. It is here that intelligible differentia comes into action.

The difference between these apps and dating apps is that these apps do not promise people the chance to meet others in person. You may meet your Facebook friend, but you cannot claim that Facebook is a site where people chat to meet. That is not the case with dating apps. Dating apps explicitly state that you talk to other individuals for meetings and later mating. But, somehow, these apps get away with the disclaimer that they are not responsible for the aftermaths of the meetings.

I mean, it’s bizarre. On one hand, they advertise themselves as matchmakers by showing real couples who met on their platform, while when it comes to taking responsibility for bad results, they just skirt away.

Not much development

The government has tried to change it, but it seems that even they are trying to understand the domain. Based on the experience of implementing privacy rules, the government did introduce the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

It does provide some respite to victims by effectively bringing dating apps into the fold of “social media intermediary.” Rule 2(w) defines them, while Rule 2(v) classifies platforms with over 50 lakh users as “significant social media intermediary.”

There are two advantages to it. Under Rule 3, these dating apps are required to delete the private data of their former users from their surveys. The required deadline is 180 days. Additionally, Rule 4 compels these apps to trace the first originator of a particular message and hand it over to the government if and when required.

Provisions under the IT Act and IPC

These protections are over and above various protections provided under the IT Act and the Indian Penal Code. Section 66 of the IT Act protects the victims from impersonation. Similarly, Section 67, read with 67A and 67B, encompasses online obscenity and punishment for it. Strict provisions like a fine of Rs 10 lakh and 7-year punishments should act as deterrents, but they rarely do.

If the aforementioned provisions fail in any exceptional circumstance, then people have options under Sections 292, 354 (A, B, C, and D), 375, 376, 503, 509, Section 499 read with Section 500, and Section 507 of the IPC. The good thing about most of these sections is that the alleged victim is given more primacy than the alleged perpetrator.

Despite all of these, there are loopholes. On the regulatory side, there is no inclination to distinguish between affirmative consent and consent signaling. On their parts, apps shed off their hands by passing advisory. Furthermore, lack of after meeting obligations on dating apps are making Shraddha’s vulnerable to Aftabs. The fact that dating apps have no measures to check the authenticity of the person should mean that they should be responsible for after-effects of matchmaking.

There is a need for KYC verification of individuals logging on these platforms. Surely, it will take down business revenue. The flip side is that it is profitable in the long run. If tenants are subject to police verification, why not dates.

Support TFI:

Support us to strengthen the ‘Right’ ideology of cultural nationalism by purchasing the best quality garments from TFI-STORE.COM

Also Watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSUj6PQ3VoY

Tags: Aftab killed ShraddhaDating AppsInformation Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) RulesProvisions under IPCProvisions under IT ActSection 66 of the IT ActShraddha WalkarShraddha Walker murder case
ShareTweetSend
Previous Post

Box office collection day 1 and Trends of Drishyam 2 movie

Next Post

Drishyam 2 Review – All it takes is a smart decision

Related Posts

Custodial Death of Temple Guard Confirmed
Crime

Judicial Probe Confirms Custodial Death of Temple Guard Ajith Kumar; DMK Government Faces Heat

8 July 2025

A judicial probe supervised by the Madras High Court has confirmed that 27-year-old Ajith Kumar, a temple guard in...

CBFC Can't Dictate Film Names: Kerala HC Backs Suresh Gopi's Film
Law

CBFC Can’t Dictate Film Names: Kerala HC Backs Suresh Gopi’s Film

1 July 2025

A Malayalam film starring Union Minister Suresh Gopi has sparked a legal and cultural controversy after the Central Board...

Kerala High Court Judge Calls for Law to Regulate Social Media Remarks on Judiciary
Law

Kerala High Court Judge Calls for Law to Regulate Social Media Remarks on Judiciary

28 June 2025

Kerala High Court judge Justice PB Suresh Kumar has called for a new law to regulate social media comments...

Load More

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

I agree to the Terms of use and Privacy Policy.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Currently Playing

Stalin’s DMK Faces Heat Over Brutal Custodial Killings in Tamil Nadu

Stalin’s DMK Faces Heat Over Brutal Custodial Killings in Tamil Nadu

00:08:06

Hindu girl r@ped, burned with cigarettes and forced to convert to Islam

00:03:31

Delhi’s Trump Card: Kejriwal Wants a Nobel for Surviving Politics

00:05:03

Team B of DMK? The Truth About Actor Vijay’s Party

00:07:45

Rs 15,000 cr gone? Saif Ali Khan's crown crushed by enemy property law

00:04:40
Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube
tfipostTfipost.com
Right Wing | News Analysis | Indian Opinion
  • About us
  • Careers
  • Brand Partnerships
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap
MASHABLE IS A GLOBAL, MULTI-PLATFORM MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY. FOR MORE QUERIES AND NEWS, CONTACT US AT info@mashablepartners.com


©2025 TFI Media Private Limited

No Result
View All Result
  • Premium
  • Politics
    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
  • Economy
    • Business
    • Finance
  • Defense
    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
  • Geopolitics
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
  • Knowledge
    • Culture
    • History
    • Indology
  • Law
  • Lounge
    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Food
    • Health
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    • Satire
TFIPOST हिन्दी
TFIPOST Global

©2025 TFI Media Private Limited