Indian Parliament passed the Information Technology Bill in May 2000 which is known as the Information Technology Act, 2000. This IT Act, 2000 contains the Cyber laws. This act has founded the legal framework for electronic records and other activities done by electronic means/ways. The IT Act provides for the following amongst many other things:
Legal recognition of electronic records
E-commerce
Digital signatures
E-governance
Cyber crimes, etc.
The IT Act 2000 can be downloaded from the following location:
http://www.mp.nic.in/dit/cyberlawt.htm
Views and Articles on Cyber Laws (With Special Reference to India)
(List updated upto July 31, 2004): http://www.naavi.org/views.htm
Other sites for Indian Cyber laws:
http://www.cyberlawindia.com/
http://www.ebhasin.com/bonline/laws.htm
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