Section 85 of ITA, 2000 : Section 85: Offences By Companies

(1) Where a person committing a contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or of any rule, direction or order made thereunder is a company, every person who, at the time the contravention was committed, was in charge of, and was responsible to, the company for the conduct of business of the company as well as the company, shall be guilty of the contravention and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly: Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any such person liable to punishment if he proves that the contravention took place without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent such contravention. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where a contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or of any rule, direction or order made thereunder has been committed by a company and it is proved...

(1) If a company breaks any rule or order under this law, not only the company but also the person in charge of the company at the time of the offense will be held responsible and can be punished. However, if the person in c...

Let's consider a hypothetical scenario where an online retail company, ShopFast Inc., is found to be violating certain provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000, by selling customer data without their consent. According to Section 85 of the Act, both t...