1. Information Technology Act 2000 (17 may)
--Legal recognition to E-Records, Digital signature, e- transactions and e- commerce
-- Based on model law adopted by united nations commission on international trade (UNCITRAL),
India is 12th nation to adopt IT Act
--Applicable to whole India including the offence committed outside India by any person
--Not applied on NI (Except Cheque), Power of Attorney,Trust,A Will, other Doc.notified by Govt.
Amendmentes made due to IT
Act-
~ IPC and Indian Evidence Act
1872 (offence of documentes
and paper based transactions)
~RBI Act 1934(E-fund
transaction b/w Financial
institutions and bank)
~Bankers' Book Evidence Act
1891 (lgive lega snctity to
Electronic Bookes of A/c)
Objectives-
~- provide legal recognition to
E- transactions and E-
Commerce
~- Facilitate E-Filling of Doc with
GOVT. Agencies
~- Facilitate E- Storage
~- Provide for matters
connected with or identical
Digital Sig.---Sec.3 Asymmetric
Crypto and Hash function for
authentication of electronic
record. ---Unique private and
public key used by subscriber
E-Governance---sec.4-10
Certifying Authorities---
Granting and regulating of
Digital Signature
Cetificates(DSC)
---Comproler of it appointed by
central govt.
Cyber Appellate Tribunal---
Initiallt Cyber Regulation
Appellate Tribunal
(CRAT)Oct2006,--- In 2017
merged with Telecom dispute
settelment & Appellat
tribunal(TDSAT, TRAI Act 1997)
---only on Presiding officer
appoint by central govt.
