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CYBER CRIMES AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES
-With special Emphasis on Cyber Laws in India and Measures for Preventions from Cyber Crimes
Dr. Abhishek Srivastava
Assistant Professor (Law)
Alliance University
Bangalore, Karnataka
India
CHAPTER 1- RESEARCH SYNOPSIS
Detailed Area of Research: Contains the area on which the research paper revolves around and discusses the matter.
This paper highlights the surge in Cyber Crimes in India post 2000. It also analyses the innumerable kinds of cyber crimes which have come into picture during this era. It also underlines numerous Cyber Laws which have been introduced by the government with special emphasis on Section 66 of the Information Technology Act 2000.
Title: Should reflect the objectives of the study. It must be written after the whole synopsis, so that it is a true representative of the plan (i.e., the synopsis).
This is the reason why the title of the research paper is “Online Cyber Crimes and the preventive laws in India-With emphasis on the Information Technology Act and Measures for Prevention from Cyber Crimes”
Introduction: Should contain brief background of the selected topic. It must identify the importance of study, its relevance and applicability of results. It must clearly state the purpose of the study.
In the era of cyber world as the usage of computers became more popular, there was expansion in the growth of technology as well, and the term ‘Cyber’ became more familiar to the people. The evolution of Information Technology (IT) gave birth to the cyber space wherein internet provides equal opportunities to all the people to access any information, data storage, analyse etc. with the use of high technology. Due to increase in the number of netizens, misuse of technology in the cyberspace was clutching up, which gave birth to cybercrimes at the domestic and international level as well.
Though the word Crime carries its general meaning as “a legal wrong that can be followed by criminal proceedings which may result into punishment” whereas Cyber Crime may be “unlawful acts wherein the computer is either a tool or target or both”.
Objectives: An objective is intent of what the researcher wants to state in clear measurable terms.
The main objective behind the research here is to analyse how the Online Cyber Crimes in India have rapidly increased in the 21st Century, the tools which are being used by the cyber criminals to commit these crimes, the diversity of crimes which have occurred in past couple of decades, the laws which have been instigated to counter these acts.
Research Methodology: The Research methodology used is Doctrinal. The primary source is the Information Technology Act 2000. The Secondary sources are the Books, Articles and Journals from the library of TISS and Alliance University. The tools used are different statistics and data from various agencies on rate of Cybercrime in India, rate at which criminals are nabbed.
Hypothesis: A hypothesis is a statement showing expected results which the researcher will arrive at the end of the research.
The hypothesis is “The Absence of awareness among the people compounded with gaps in Cyber laws have led to an increase in Cyber Crimes in India”
Division of The Paper: The research paper has been divided into four chapters. The first launches the research by introducing the topic. The Second Chapter analyses Cybercrimes and its ever-increasing nexus in India. The third chapter deals about the Cyber laws in India along with famous Cyber law cases of our country .While the fourth chapter contains the measures which must be taken in order to curb the increasing rate of cybercrime in our country, spread awareness among the common citizens about how to be vigilant to prevent and protect them from cybercrime and how to expertise our Police IT department to nab cyber criminals.
Review of the Literature: Several articles, reports, guidelines and material available on websites have been reviewed while conducting this research. Different cases have also been citied and the laws relating to cybercrime in India with main focus on Information Technology Act, 2000 have been reviewed in order to assess the provisions for the prevention of Cyber crimes in our Country.
Reason of Selecting the Problem: The Rapid growth of technology has contributed a lot in the growth of the country. Technology has made life much easier for everyone and it has become integral part of everyone. However with considerably rapid use of the technology, it comes with its own shortcomings. The relentless use of the cyber techniques has enormously increased the crime, crime against women, children, banking, insurance, stock market and many other sectors that deal with finance. Moreover several frauds have been seen as well as been done by the cyber criminals using this technology.
How it is useful to the Society: The rate at which the Cyber crime has soared in the last couple of decades, the requirement to tighten them through effective Cyber Law was required. The IT act, 2000 might have been brought for the same but the sluggish rate at which the cyber criminals are being nabbed has been point of concern. This research tries to make an effort how the cyber crimes in India can be controlled.
