STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir State Judicial Academy (JKSJA) organised one day Conference on ‘Cyber Law’ for Sub-Judges and Munsiffs of Kashmir province, here on Sunday.
Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Judge, High Court of Jammu and Kashmir inaugurated the Conference.
The conference hosted eminent Resource Persons including District and Sessions Judge, East District, Kakardooma Courts, Delhi, Talwant Singh and Deputy Director, Data Security Council of India, Venkatesh Murthy K, who shared a plethora of knowledge on the subject with the participants along with special anecdotes from their personal experience in cyber law.
Sub-Judges and Munsiffs from District Srinagar, Ganderbal, Budgam, Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama, Shopian, Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara participated in the workshop.
During the welcome address, Justice Sanjeev Kumar, highlighting the importance of Cyber Law for Judicial Officers said that the advent of cyber space has revolutionized communication networks, but with its susceptibility to misuse, there is a need to equip ourselves with cyber laws.
‘We need to take necessary measures to prevent its misuse, regulate its use, monitoring its operations, and provide proper deterrence to prevent recurrence of such offences”, Justice Kumar said.
He further said that the country is ushering into an era of digitalization, wherein everything is put in the cyber space vis-à-vis communication, banking, commerce, trading, storage of data, etc, which inherently provides criminals ample opportunity to penetrate and commit offences like theft, defamation, intimidation among others.
There were brainstorming sessions in which Judicial Officers interacted with the Resource Persons and sought clarification on different issues relating to appreciation of Electronic Evidence.
Director, J and K State Judicial Academy Abdul Rashid Malik introduced the programme by highlighting objective behind organizing the Conference on Cyber Law and moderated the sessions. He welcomed the Dignitaries and the Judicial Officers and concluded the programme with the vote of thanks.
