A Survey on cyber law in India: A weapon for controlling cybercrimes

Today in the age of internet everything around us changing and spreading quickly, one such thing is Crime. Over the internet or cyber space, crime is come about day by day. Nowadays Cybercrimes occur as most dangerous diseases as it may harm to any individual property, assets, identity. Crime such as electronic blackmailing, hacking, stalling, morphed pornographic images etc., occur over internet. To control or prevent such cybercrime done by perpetrator, laws are introduced also some important act are formed such as the Information Technology Act 2000 and Amendments of Information Technology Act 2008. Cyber laws are important way to control or stop cybercrimes. In this paper, we try to presents an overview of cyber laws, needs and importance of cyber laws, types of cybercrimes and discussion of various cases that have happened in India.