Cyber crime: the legislative enactments and the interpretation of the judiciary with special reference to India.

Abstract

This research paper seeks to probe into the various facets of Cybercrime and threats posed by them to Computer and Internet as such is one grey area, which has given rise to the menace of cyber crimes. The advancement of Information Technology has brought about radical changes in the modern human society, experiencing with it some unforeseen problems, taking advantage of which the law breakers explore new techniques to perpetrate their criminal activities. In fact, technology generated crimes not only affect the individuals but to the nation and also have a widespread ramification throughout the world. The paper highlights the Cyber crime scenario in India and the challenges faced by the Law Enforcement Agencies in tackling with these kinds of crimes in cyberspace especially due to the absence of territorial boundaries and also because of its transitional nature. The paper aims at identifying the problems emanating from the expanding dimensions of Cyber crimes and its impact as a whole; and also extent the role of Comprehensive Legislation, Judiciary to combat and tackle these crimes in the e-world to the best of its capacities with special reference to India. Efforts are made to elucidate that, there is a dire need for international Cyber crime Legislation and a Global Cyber Law to be uniformly accepted by all the countries to tackle the ambivalence threat of Cyber crime.