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The Information Technology Act, 2000 is India's main legislation addressing cybercrimes and electronic commerce, providing a legal framework for electronic documents and digital signatures. A key case, Avinash Bajaj v. State of Delhi, highlights issues of online content and intermediary liability regarding obscenity laws. The Act aims to facilitate electronic transactions and amend related laws to adapt to the digital age.

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The Information Technology Act, 2000 is India's main legislation addressing cybercrimes and electronic commerce, providing a legal framework for electronic documents and digital signatures. A key case, Avinash Bajaj v. State of Delhi, highlights issues of online content and intermediary liability regarding obscenity laws. The Act aims to facilitate electronic transactions and amend related laws to adapt to the digital age.

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INTRODUCTION

The Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act, 2000) is India's primary legislation dealing
with cybercrimes and electronic commerce. The Act aims to provide a legal framework for
the recognition of electronic documents, digital signatures, and the regulation of cybercrimes.
In this context, the case of Avinash Bajaj v. State of (NCT) of Delhi (2005) is a landmark
judgment that highlights the intersection of online content, intermediary liability, and
obscenity laws. This case addressed the use of online platforms for the sale and distribution
of obscene material and explored the extent of liability for internet service providers and
online marketplaces.

The introduction of the internet has brought tremendous changes to our lives. People of all
fields are increasingly using the computers to create, transmit and store information in the
electronic form instead of the traditional papers, documents. Information stored in electronic
forms has many advantages, it is cheaper, easier to store, easier to retrieve and for speedier to
connection. Though it has many advantages, it has been misused by many people in order to
gain themselves or for the sake or otherwise to harm others. The high and speedier
connectivity to the world from any place has developed many crimes and these increased
offenses led to the need for a law for protection. Some countries have been rather been
vigilant and formed some laws governing the net. In order to keep in pace with the changing
generation, the Indian parliament passed the law – Information Technology Act, 2000.The IT
Act 2000 has been conceptualized on the United Nations Commissions on International Trade
Law (UNCITRAL) model law.

The Government of India enacted its Information Technology Act, 2000 with the objectives
stating officially as: “to provide legal recognition for transactions carried out by means of
electronic data interchange and other means of electronic communication, commonly referred
to as “electronic commerce”, which involve the use of alternatives to paper-based methods of
communication and storage of information, to facilitate electronic filing of documents with
the Government agencies and further to amend the Indian Penal Code, the Indian Evidence
Act, 1872, the Bankers Books Evidence Act, 1891 and the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.”

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