India to catch more cyber criminals!
There have been numerous cases in India, wherein crimes were commited and the criminals went unpunished. Why? Because the IT Act 2000 had many loop holes and the cyber criminals exploited the same. The police and the law enforcement could only watch the criminal executing the crime, but could do nothing. But this scenario promises to change soon.
Recently the Indian government decided to amend the Information Technology Act 2000 by incorporating new provisions. Now, the cyber forensics devices and tools used for cracking cyber crimes would be treated as evidence in the court of law. The main objective behind this amendment is to develop indigenous cyber forensics technology to make the country self-reliant in combating cyber crimes. The government is also stressing on the development of tools for cyber forensics, state-of-the-art training in cyber forensics and technical services like cyber crime analysis and cyber crime investigation.
These steps by the Indian government promises to combat cyber crime in India to a higher degree, than what it is now.
Ram:
A natural question that arises in this situation is can “Public Initiatives” fill the “Governmental Policy Vacuum”? There is no doubt about the fact that Government of India does consider the inputs of experts and specialists of respective fields. For instance, the Government of India has recently accepted the recommendations of Mr. Praveen Dalal once again and has announced to amend the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act, 2000), the only cyber law of India, keeping in mind the requirement of cyber forensics in India. A very interesting “National Consensus Building Exercise” regarding development of capacity for legal enablement of ICT systems in India is taking place that has been spearheaded by Mr. Praveen Dalal and the leading Techno-Legal platforms of India like PTLB, PTLITC, etc. All of us must extend our support for this “National Cause”.
September 1, 2008, 12:41 pmRam:
Similarly, on public request, a “Working Group on Cyber Law in India” is in the process of being constituted that would take care of the legal enablement of ICT systems in India. The same would consist of leading Organisations, Institutions, Industrial and Professional Bodies, Members of Civil Society and NGOs, Governmental Representatives, Lawyers, Judges, etc who have sound knowledge and expertise in the field of ICT. At the same time assistance and services of “Volunteers” and “Associates” would also be sought who may though not be part of the Working Group but are nevertheless capable of providing ICT policies of India a “Good Shape”.
September 1, 2008, 12:42 pm