Why cyber law

• Information
technology is
encompassing all
walks of life all
over the world
 “IT” has brought Transition
from paper to paperless world
 However!!!!There is a need to
regulate the Cyber Space
• Cyber space creates moral,
civil and criminal wrongs. It
has now given a new way
to express criminal
tendencies
Hence the need of cyber
• Crime is no longer limited laws
to space, time or a group
of people.

• Due to the anonymous

nature of the Internet, it is
possible to engage into a
variety of criminal
activities with impunity
and people with
intelligence, have been
grossly misusing this
aspect of the Internet to
perpetuate criminal
 Secondly!!!!

Initial laws of Nobody then could

1990’s were really visualize
developed and about the Internet
enacted way
back keeping in
mind the
relevant As such, the coming
political, social, of the Internet led
economic, and to the emergence of
cultural scenario numerous ticklish
of that relevant legal issues and
time problems which
necessitated the
enactment of Cyber
laws.
 Thirdly!!!!!

The laws of real world cannot be

interpreted in the light of
emerging cyberspace to include
all aspects relating to different
activities in cyberspace
Thus the need for enactment of relevant
cyber laws
 Forthly!!!!
Only with the relevant
cyber laws in place this
legal supportive
Internet requires an infrastructure can be
enabling and E-commerce, the biggest
provided
supportive legal future of Internet, can only
infrastructure in be possible  if we have the
tune with the times required legal infrastructure
in place to compliment its
growth
 Importance of Cyber Law!!!
SINCE it touches almost
all aspects of
• In today's highly digitalized world, almost
transactions and everyone is affected
by cyber law. activities concerning
• Almost all companies extensively
the Internet,depend upon their computer
the World
networks and keep their valuable
Wide Webdata in
and electronic form.
• Government forms including income
Cyberspace …………… tax returns, company law
forms etc are now filled in electronic form.
………………………..
• Consumers are increasingly THEREFORE
using credit cards for shopping.
• Most people are using email, cell phones and SMS
Cyber law is
messages for communication.
• Even in "non-cyber crime" cases, important evidence is found
extremely
in computers / cell phones e.g. in cases of divorce, murder,
kidnapping, tax evasion, organized crime, terrorist operations,

•
Important
counterfeit currency etc.
Cyber crime cases such as online banking frauds, online share
trading fraud, source code theft, credit card fraud, tax evasion,
virus attacks, cyber sabotage, phishing attacks, email
hijacking, denial of service, hacking, pornography etc are
becoming common. Digital signatures and e-contracts are fast
replacing conventional methods of transacting business.