Online crime: MeitY urges adjudicatory system in Digital Bill presentation

Govt likely to make amendments to IPC and CrPC in tandem with the enactment of the Digital India Act to effectively deal with new types of cybercrimes

The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) on Friday released its presentation made during the public consultation on the proposed Digital India Bill, marking an “urgent need for a specialised and dedicated” adjudicatory mechanism for online civil and criminal offences.

The ministry has suggested age-gating by regulating the addictive technologies and protection of minors data, safety and privacy of children on social media platforms, gaming, and betting apps as one of the key components in DIA. It has also put forward adjudication against user harms from revenge porn, cyber-bullying, dark web, defamation, or doxxing, etc.

The government has geared