•  Coming of the Internet.
•  Greatest cultural, economic, political and social transformation in the history of human

    society.
•  Complex legal issues arising leading to the development of cyber law.
•  Different approaches for controlling, regulating and facilitating electronic communication

    and commerce.

•  Laws Relating to Digital Contracts
•  Laws Relating to Digital Property
•  Laws Relating to Digital Rights
•  Law of Cyber Crimes

•  Aims to provide the legal infrastructure for e-commerce in India.
•  India 's codified Cyber law is the Information Technology Act, 2000 (Act 21 of 2000).
•  Based on the INCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce, 1996.
•  IT Act is divided into 13 chapters and has 94 sections.
•  Amendments to IPC, Indian Evidence Act, Bankers Book Evidence Act and RBI Act have

    been effected.

•  Legal Recognition of Electronic Documents
•  Legal recognition of Electronic commerce Transactions
•  Admissibility of Electronic data/evidence in a Court of Law
•  Legal Acceptance of digital signatures
•  Punishment for Cyber obscenity and crimes
•  Establishment of Cyber regulations advisory Committee and the Cyber Regulations

    Appellate Tribunal.
•  Facilitation of electronic filing maintenance of electronic records.

•  To provide legal recognition for transactions:-
•  Carried out by means of electronic data interchange, and
•  Other means of electronic communication, commonly referred to as "electronic commerce",

   involving the     use of alternatives to paper-based methods of communication and storage

   of information,
•  To facilitate electronic filing of documents with the Government agencies
•  To amend the Indian Penal Code, the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, the Banker's Book

    Evidence Act, 1891     and the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
•  Aims to provide for the legal framework so that legal sanctity is accorded to all electronic

    records and     other activities carried out by electronic means. 

•  Tampering with computer source documents
•  Hacking with computer system
•  Publishing of information which is obscene in electronic form
•  Not to obey the direction of Controller
•  Directions of Controller to a subscriber extend facilities to decrypt information
•  Intrusion into protected system
•  Penal action for misrepresentation
•  Breach of confidentiality and privacy
•  Publishing digital signature certificate false in certain particular etc.
•  Act to apply for offence or contravention committed outside India and
•  Confiscation

•  E-mail will now be a valid and legal form of communication in our country.
•  Can be duly produced and proved in a court of law.

•  Stipulating the offences which would constitute Computer crimes.
•  Identification of domestic criminal law for possible amendments to meet the requirements

    of prevention of computer     related crimes.
•  Improving international collaborations.
•  Effective prosecution under the existing criminal law.
•  Adaptation and classification of OECD (Organization of Economic Cooperation and

    Development) guidelines.
•  Development of Security guidelines and manuals for implementation of such guidelines.

Crimes Prevention under the IT Act.  

•  Chapter IX provides for Penalties and Adjudication.
•  Chapter XI provides for Offences.

•  All electronic systems for intrusion;
•  Privacy of certain messages;
•  protect the computer system from unauthorized access

•  Compliance to the provisions of the Act;
•  Non-publishing of obscene information.
•  Assistance in the decrypting information in the interest of state and crime control.

•  All cyber crimes do not come under the IT Act.
•  Many cyber crimes come under the Indian Penal Code.