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IT Act highly inadequate to deal with cyber crime: H.K. Patil

Forum: H.K. Patil inaugurating a workshop on ‘Information technology and law: emerging trends’ in Belgaum on Saturday.

Belgaum: The Information Technology Act, 2000 is highly inadequate to deal with cyber crime and abuse of information technology (IT), according to Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council H.K. Patil.

Parts of the Act had become irrelevant even before it was enacted, he said.

He was inaugurating a one-day workshop on “Information technology and law: emerging trends” here on Saturday.

Mr. Patil said that abuse of IT and crimes associated with it were growing faster than the remedies. He said it was becoming difficult for the State to deal with the growing problems.

Classified information on various subjects available on the Web could be accessed by anybody, even criminals and terrorists and they could also post what they want, he added. There were challenges with regard to protecting people, especially youngsters, against pornography and other Internet crimes.

Mr. Patil drew attention towards what he described as rampant tax evasion by certain telecom companies, particularly the optic fibre cable networks.

Karnataka High Court judge N. Kumar said that information was being abused for destructive purposes. Though IT and communication technology had bridged gaps between nations, thereby creating a global village, stress should be laid on ethical practices to minimise ills in society.

Also, knowledge of IT-related developments would help the legal fraternity in ending delays in the justice delivery system, he added. The workshop was organised by the Karnataka Institute for Law and Parliamentary Reform (KILPAR) and KLE Society’s B.V. Bellad Law College.

KILPAR director G. Dakshina Moorthy, KLES director M.M. Kavatagimath and principal Ashok Patil spoke.

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