cyber crime

JAC of all trades: The union law ministry proposes a Judicial Appointments Committee comprising of the Chief Justice of India, two sitting SC judges, two presidentially appointed eminent jurists, the union law minister, and secretary department of law and justice [NDTV]

‘Peculiar’ extension: Supreme Court allows Dutt to complete work on a number of films in the next month before returning him to jail to complete his five year term for conviction under the Arms Act, for possession of firearms during the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts [BBC/Order]

Victim bailed, judge billed: Madras HC fines female district judge Rs 1.1 lakh toward compensation and costs to a woman who was a victim of sex-through-false-promise-of-marriage, whom she had jailed for three days 12 years ago. Also orders departmental proceedings against the magistrate [TOI/Deccan Chronicle]

Cyber stigma: Challenges to tackling cyber-crime in India include the CBI cyber cell’s minimal jurisdiction and lack of data; RBI releases only internet fraud figures, which shot up from Rs 40 crore to Rs 53 crore in two years, while corporates remain reluctant to openly speak about their exposure to cyber fraud [BS]

The legal dispute between online data service providers Just Dial and Infomedia 18 has reached the Bombay High Court with Just Dial seeking the court’s direction to initiate criminal action against Infomedia’s directors.