Cyber Crimes in India: Judicial Endeavours

Abstract

The incredible evolution of information society and its dependence on Internet usage in world and particularly in India is laterally accompanied by vulnerability of societies to cybercrime. Cybercriminals are not constrained by geographical limitations as cyberspace is a free-flowing, borderless and a global problem. India has a dream to convert its society into information society by applying "Digital India" Paradigm, where government sector, the private sector and individuals completely depend on the Internet to conduct sensitive transactions and store important data on the cloud. This makes India Vulnerable to cybercrimes. Internet, worldwide connection of loosely held networks, has made the flow of data and information between different networks simple. With data and information being transferred between networks at distant locations, security related issues have become a major concern for the administrators. The advancement in the field of cyber crime has made administrators take serious steps to protect the system from unauthorized access or virus attacks. The growth of cyber crime in India since 1998 has shown an exponential curve. Though India has managed to control the cyber attacks and registered itself in the Fully Updated Countries still there is lot more work to be done to reduce the increasing cyber crime and protect the machine under threat. Data mining techniques are being used to save the machine and the network under threat. There has been some litigation or judicial decisions on cyber crimes across the world. Cyber litigation, in India, is still in its beginning and it is expected to raise high as the commission of cyber crimes and its reporting is increasing alarmingly. There has not been much litigation on cyber crimes so far, in India and this will be a challenge for judicial decisions on cybercrime in near future. Present Article point out the judicial view about Cyber Crime in India.