A CRITICAL STUDY ON CYBER OFFENCES IN INDIA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER TOPIC PAGE

I INTRODUCTION 1

1. General 1

  1.1. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 4

  1.2. IMPORTANT OF RESEARCH PROBLEM 4

  1.3. SCOPE OF THE STUDY 5

  1.4. HYPOTHESIS 5

  1.5. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 6

  1.6. REVIEW OF LITERATURE 6

  1.7. RESEARCH GAP 10

1.8. SCHEME OF CHAPTERIZATION 10

II FUNDAMENTALS OF CYBER OFFENCES 12

  2.1. INTRODUCTION 12

2.2. SIGNIFICANT ELEMENTS OF CRIME IN CYBER

  12
CRIME

  2.3. EVOLUTION OF CYBER CRIMES 15

2.4. CLASSIFICATION AND CONCEPTUALIZATION OF

  24
CYBER CRIMES

  2.5. DEFINITION OF CYBER CRIMES 26

2.6. STATISTICS ON GROWING CYBER CRIMES

  32
WORLDWIDE

  2.7. CATEGORIES OF CYBER CRIMES 36

2.8. IMPORTANT LEGISLATIONS IN USA AND INDIA ON

  37
CYBER CRIMES
 2.9. DISCUSSION ON THE VARIOUS TYPES OF CYBER
  38
CRIME

  2.10. CONCLUSION 53

CYBER OFFENCES UNDER INFORMATION

III 54
TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000

  3.1. INTRODUCTION 54

3.2. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000:

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TERRITORIAL SCOPE AND APPLICABILITY
3.3. MAIN DEFINITIONS UNDER INFORMATION
  56
TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000
3.4. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000 AND
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APPLICABILITY OF OTHER ACTS

  3.5. PROVISIONS ON CYBERCRIMES 59

  3.6. CORPORATE LIABILITY FOR CYBER CRIMES 62

3.7. CYBER CONTRAVENTIONS, PENALTIES AND

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COMPENSATION
3.8. ESTABLISHMENT AND POWERS OF APPELLATE
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TRIBUNALS

  3.9. CYBER OFFENCES IN CHAPTER XI OF IT ACT, 2000 71

  3.10. SECTION 67 – PUBLISHING OBSCENE MATERIAL 79

  3.11. SECTION 71 – PENALTY FOR MISREPRESENTATION 86

3.12. INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860 AND INFORMATION

  87
TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000.

  3.13. UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS AND DATA THEFT 89

3.14. POWER OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO INTERCEPT

  90
INTERNET TRAFFIC

  3.15. CONCLUSION 92

JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES RELATED TO CYBER

IV 93
OFFENCES

  4.1. INTRODUCTION 93

  4.2. JURISDICTION MEANING 93

  4.3. JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES IN CYBERSPACE 94

  4.4. PERSPECTIVE OF JURISDICTION 94

  4.5. EXTRA-TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION 95

  4.6. JURISDICTION WITH RESPECT TO E-COMMERCE 105

4.7. RESPONSE OF INDIAN JUDICIARY WITH RESPECT TO
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PERSONAL JURISDICTION

  4.8. CONCLUSIN 116

V CYBER OFFENCES AND THE ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE 117

5.1. INTRODUCTION 117

5.2. COMPUTER FORENSIC AND DIGITAL EVIDENCE 118

5.3. ADMISSIBILITY OF DATA MESSAGES UNDER MODEL

124
LAW OF UNICITRAL
5.4. SEVERAL IMPORTANT LEGAL PROVISIONS UNDER
125
INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
5.5. LEGAL RECOGNITION OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS
126
UNDER IT ACT, 2000
5.6. ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE AS DOCUMENTARY
EVIDENCE AND ITS ADMISSIBILITY UNDER THE 128
EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
5.7. CONCLUSION 140

VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS 141

  LIST OF CASE LAWS 147
WEBILOGRAPHY 149
BIBLIOGRAPHY 150
 CHAPTER - I

INTRODUCTION
 CHAPTER - II
FUNDAMENTALS OF CYBER OFFENCES
 CHAPTER – III
CYBER OFFENCES UNDER INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000
 CHAPTER - IV
JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES RELATED TO
CYBER OFFENCES
 CHAPTER - V
CYBER OFFENCES AND THE ELECTRONIC
EVIDENCE
 CHAPTER - VI
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS
LIST OF CASE LAWS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
WEBLIOGRAPHY