Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 13: In its endeavour to further strengthen judicial skills regarding cyber crimes investigation and appreciation of digital evidence, State Judicial Academy today organized first ever workshop on cyber crimes for the judicial officers of Jammu province.
The workshop was organized under the guidance and patronage of Chief Patron of State Judicial Academy, Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar (Chief Justice) and Governing Body of the State Judicial Academy comprising Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar (Chairman) and Justice Janak Raj Kotwal (Member).
Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar, Justice Alok Aradhe, Justice Janak Raj Kotwal, Venkatesh Murthy K, Deputy Director, Data Security Council of India and Neeraj Aarora, Advocate, Supreme Court of India were also present on the occasion. The proceedings were conducted by Abdul Rashid Malik, Director State Judicial Academy.
Justice Janak Raj Kotwal, in his address, advised the judicial officers to upgrade their knowledge regarding appreciation of digital and electronic evidence as per the Evidence Act which will help them in their day to day work while dealing with cases relating to cyber crimes.
Justice Alok Aradhe threadbare discussed various provisions of Evidence Act and highlighted the frame work laid down under IT Act. He quoted various leading judgments of Supreme Court relating to cyber crimes and the principles evolved by the courts for appreciation of electronic evidence.
Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar traced the origin of crime and expressed that from the time immemorial, two forces— forces of virtue and forces of evil are continuously at work. “Forces of evil are committing crimes and they are adopting new methods and techniques to commit the crimes. Most of the criminal mind forces have occupied the cyber space and are always ready to strike the computer user”, he said, adding “the judiciary is faced with serious challenge to identify, prosecute and convict such criminals who often make an effort to destroy the evidence and the data”.
Venkatesh Murthy K, Deputy Director, Data Security Council of India dealt with topic “emerging threat landscape of cyber crimes” and “search and seizure of digital evidence”. He discussed about the cyber crimes at length, major cyber crimes reported in India as well as globally, difficulties in handling cyber crimes, sources of digital evidence, best practices in seizing the digital evidence, presentation of digital evidence in the court of law.
Neeraj Aarora, Advocate, Supreme Court dealt with the topic “Information Technology Act, 2008 and Admissibility of Digital Evidence”. He discussed in detail the salient features of IT Act, criminal aspects v/s adjudication aspects, legal aspects of digital evidence including emails, logos and contracts etc.
There was open house discussion and the resource persons shared their rich experience while dealing with the cyber crimes. The training program concluded with the vote of thanks by the Director State Judicial Academy.
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