Eligibility for Admission
- B.A. LL.B. (Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws) is an Integrated Double Degree Five Academic Years Course in Arts and Law.
- The course shall be divided into ten semesters.
Duration of the Course
Duration of the course shall be one academic year commencing from June only.
Medium of Instruction
The medium of Instruction at the Diploma Course in Cyber law shall be English.
Examination
The examination shall be held at the end of the every academic year, on the dates to be announced by the University. Second held examination may be held in case of students who have failed.
Standard of Passing or exemption
- Each paper shall carry 100 marks
- The standard of passing for the Diploma Course in Cyber Law is 35% marks in individual paper/subject and 50% marks in aggregate. The candidate obtaining between 50% & 54% marks will be declared to have passed in SECOND CLASS between 55% and 59% marks shall be placed in HIGHER SECOND CLASS. The candidate obtaining between 60% & 69% marks will be declared to have passed in FIRST CLASS. The candidate 70% marks and above will be declared to have passed in FIRST CLASS WITH DISTINCTION.
- Candidate who obtains at least 50% of the full marks in a paper shall at his option, be exempted from that paper at subsequent examination. He/She shall, however, have to pass in the remaining paper or papers in accordance with standard of passing laid above. such exemption is for six years only.
Curriculum
- Computer systems, significance of computer systems, structural overview of computer system
- Data organization file systems, data management
- Operating systems, significance of operating systems, G.U.I. (Graphical user interface). types of operating systems.
- Computer Networking, Concept, Types of Computer Networks, Communication Techniques, Protocols (TCP/IP), other related aspects.
- Internet technology, Internet Service provider, Domain and host naming World side web, Web technology (Web service and browsers)
- TCP/IP Services, FTP, UDP, Remote-Login Procedure.
- Network security, Cryptography, Key Encryptions.
- Encryptions Techniques. Types of Encryptions. Digital Signatures: Digital Certificates RSA algorithms.
- Role of laws in the Cyber World, Private International Laws, Jurisdiction. Applicable Laws, Entercement issues.
- Certifying or governing authorities to scope of government to regulate internet (censorship). Ethics & etiquettes in cyberspace.
- Outline of legal & regulatory framework of telecommunication, Indian Telegraph Act 1885. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act 1999.TDSAT, International agencies like ITU, WTO, & APP Licensing issue.
- Introduction, Online business setups, Management of Domain names, Sites, Regulatory & licensing requirement, Disclaimers.
- Contracts, Online contracts, Types of online contracts, required term & conditions. Mechanism of transaction of payment of electronic finds
- Consumer protection in the cyber world, likelihood of consumer confusion. Cyber squatting, or Cyber pirates, other related issues,
- Security and evidences for agreement formed electronically and for reliability ot electronic records, types of evidences.
- Maintenance & Proving of electronic records through the issues like:
- Data protection & its principles.
- Electronic records retention
- Managing & maintaining admissibility and evidential value issues.
- International Control and Transnational Data Flow.
- Internet advertising & associated regulatory issues
- Taxation issues. Eligibility or criterions of tax payments, other taxes like direct, indirect & related issues Regulations for Corporate Financial Services & related issues Need to Tax. Tax structures basics.
- Virtual banking, Operations, related aspects.
➤ Historical background, Object, Extent, scope & Commencement of the Act
➤ Electronic governance
- Legal recognition of electronic records & signatures
- Use of electronic records record and digital signature in government and its agencies.
➤ Electronic Records
- Legal recognition of electronic records
- Secure electronic records and procedure thereto
- Authentication and Attributor of electronic records
- Acknowledgement of receipt of electronic records
- Determining tune and place of dispatch of electronic record
➤ Digital signatures and Secure original signatures
- Legal recognition of digital signatures
- Central government powers make rules in respect of digital signatures
- Acceptance of digital signatures by certifying authorities
➤ Authorities under the Act
- Acceptance, suspension and revocation of digital signature certificate
➤ Controller
- Appaanment, Functions and Powers of Controller
➤ Certifying authority
- Norms to be followed by certifying authorities
- License to issue digital signature certificate
- Application grant, rejection, renewal, suspension and surrender of license
➤ Cyber appellate tribunal
- Composition and Powers of cyber appellate tribunal
- Qualifications, tenure, salary, resignation, removal, etc. of office bearers
- Appeals to end from cyber appellate tribunal Advisory committee
➤ Offences and penalties under the Act
- Tampering with computer source documents
- Hacking with computer system
- Publication of obscene material
- Misrepresentation
- Breach of confidentiality and privacy Publishing false digital signature certificate
- Offences committed outside Indi
- Offences by companies
- Damage to computer, computer system etc.
- Powers of adjudication and investigation
➤ Liability of actwork service providers
➤ Aimendments to various enactments
- The Indian Penal Code, 1860, The Indian Evidence Act. 1872, The Banker’s Books Evidence Act, 1891. The Reserve Bank of India v Act, 1934.
➤ Grey areas of the IT Act
The nature and scale of computer crimes
- Types of computer fraud
- Theft of information
- Hacking Cracking
- Web caching
- Unauthorized modification of computer programmes and data
- Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights-Criminal Liability
- The issue of jurisdiction in computer crimes
- Pornography on the internet
- Use and abuse of email
- Spamming
- Copyright Act and the related references conventions & treaty
- Scope of copyright protection in Cyber World, Copyright protection of computer programs, databases, multimedia etc
- Data/file sharing technology in peer-to-peer networks & Copyright, Rights of implications, on digital broadcasters in cyber world
- Trade Marks with ref. To Trade Marks Act, 1994, Mailnd Agreemen & TRIPS Agreement
- Cyber squatting of domain names, domain name disputes, ICANN policies & reforms use of trademarks as Meta-tags, and topics
- Patents protection, Patents Act 1976 Paris Convention, TRIPS Agreement (PTC and regional arrangements) Types of Patents, business method patent, Software patent Application of patents to cyber world & technologies involved
- Patent to design & protection of semi-conductor chips (Internal hardware computers components) with ref. to semi-conductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design Act, 2000 Washington Treaty, 1989, TRIP’S Agreement
Guide lines for the students:
- Candidates have to submit Dissertation Research Work Field Report of 50 pages or more in tops of CYBER LAWS.
- Study report should be in depth & critical analysis of a problem CYBER LAWS.
- significance in field of CYBER LAWS
- No specific format of writing the report is required. However report must be original and (not just copied) must indicate degree of research & analysis, of issues related CYBER LAW implementations & enhancements. The candidates will be examined at an oral examination (viva voce) on the basis of written work.
- Distribution of marks
- Dissertation research work OR
- Demonstration of techno-legal aspects
1) Observance of cyber cases.
2) Find out on various internet sites, the institutions, working for Cyber law enforcements. List out some of the institutions & their work briefly with specific cases if any.
3) Mention a cyber crime case, & discuss the cyber law enforcement in it.
4) Important decision of courts.
Distribution of marks :
- Journal 80 marks
- Viva Voce 20 marks