IT Act 2000 in India provides legal infrastructure for e-Commerce

As already mentioned in the previous article, IT Act 2000 in India is there to provide rudimentary legal infrastructure in terms of transactions being done online. To provide legal infrastructure and finally legal sanctity to all the electronic records and other activities carried out by electronic means is why the Act came into existence. In the absence of any Cyberlaw e-Commerce can’t flourish. This act would help in facilitating the smooth flow of trade and Commerce to take place with legal sanctity being attached to all the activities carried online. It refers to a publication of rules and regulations in the electronic form. In layman’s language it could be interpreted that this IT Act 2000 is the backbone for e-Commerce growing. With such an Act in place even e-Governance could be benefited. Looking at all these facts one thing that can’t be ignored is that without legal infrastructure in place nothing can be proceeded with.

Cyber laws to keep a check on online crime

Just like in the real world we need to have law and order in place similarly in the virtual world too there is the need for law and regulation and for this cyberspace is being governed by Cyberlaw. Anything and everything pertaining to the online world is being addressed under the Cyberlaw. On the same hand Cyberlaw is something that needs to be constantly evolving process since there are so many new technologies coming up and such many other things happening in the Cyberspace. Nobody can think of online transactions happening without a proper decorum being maintained even in the virtual world.

And that is why the parliament of India passed its Cyberlaw in the form of Information Technology Act (IT Act), 2000, that provides the legal infrastructure for e-Commerce. The main objective of this Act would be to provide legal sanctity to all the transactions carried out by electronic means.