Setting up of e-courts suggested

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 8 (PTI) Supreme court Judge Justice V S Sirpurkar today suggested setting up of E-Courts to speed up the trial and conviction in cyber crimes. The specialised e-courts exclusively to deal with IT related crimes should be manned by trained judges, Justice Sirpurkar said after inaugurating a national seminar on 'Cyber Crimes, Cyber Laws and Cyber Security' organised by Centre for Development of Imaging Technology, here. Sirpurkar also wanted a time limit by which a case has to be heard, completed and sentence passed. Underscoring the significance of computer education to all connected with investigating agencies, judiciary and prosecuting agency, he said all these people should also update their knowledge on the new developments in technology to effectively deal with cyber crimes. Taking exception to the discrimination of crime between 'white collar and black collar', he said 'a crime is a crime whether carried out by an educated person or illiterate'. Punishment to a crime carried out by an educated person must be severe, as he or she had done it after knowing the law, he added. PTI

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