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Cyber law (also referred to as cyberlaw) is a term used to describe the legal issues related to use of communications technology, particularly "cyberspace", i.e. the Internet. . Who among the following is constitutionally authorized to legislate on ‘Cyber Laws’ in India ?

Union Government only

State Government only

Both Union and State Governments

None of the above as only regulations can be framed by autonomous regulators.

Explanation:

Cyber laws fall under Residuary list that includes matters not mentioned in any of the Lists in the seventh schedule.
Union Legislature alone has the power to legislate on such matters.
cyber crime is unlawful acts wherein the computer is either a tool or a target or both. The abuse of computers has also given birth to a gamut of new age crimes that are addressed by the Information Technology Act, 2000.We can categorize Cyber crimes in two ways
The Computer as a Target :-using a computer to attack other computers. e.g. Hacking,Virus/Worm attacks,DOS attack etc.
computer as a weapon :-using a computer to commit real world crimes.e.g. Cyber Terrorism, IPR violations,Credit card frauds,EFT frauds, Pornography etc.

By: Parvesh Mehta

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