Call for awareness among women on cyber crime

Many women are falling prey to it out of ignorance, says Justice Rohini

Focus area: Justice G. Rohini of the High of Court of Delhi inaugurating a seminar on cyber crime in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.

In general, crime against women is on the rise and so is cyber crime against women. The incidents of cyber crime are on the rise with advancement of technology. Technological development is good but it should be used for right purpose and not to commit crime, according to G. Rohini, Chief Justice of High Court, Delhi. Justice Rohini was delivering the inaugural address at the one-day seminar on cyber crimes organised by Federation of Women Lawyers, here on Saturday.

“Cyber crime is a new area and many women are falling prey out of ignorance. Widespread awareness on cyber crime should be taken up by various organisations and establishments at different levels,” she pointed out.

Justice Rohini was also critical of women not getting the due share in the legal profession. “Still women lawyers are not getting the deserved share in the profession and it is being dominated by men. This mindset should change and people should realise that even women are equal to men in intellect and they can be good lawyers,” said Justice Rohini.

Giving a Power-Point presentation, U. Durga Prasad, Judge of High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and the State of AP, said that cyber crime and cyber terrorism were a matter of concern and even legal fraternity should pay interest in enhancing their knowledge.

Major threat

According to him, cyber criminals and cyber terrorists with techniques such as morphology, hacking and steganography are a major threat and even common man needs to be aware of basic things like not disclosing their personal details such as PIN and OTP number.

Justice Durga Prasad, also gave a clear understanding of the Cyber Crime Act and how different sections can be interpreted by the legal fraternity to book cases against cyber criminals.

Justice T. Rajini, Judge of High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and the State of AP, in her address pointed out how she almost became a victim of Nigerian 419 cyber scam.

She pointed out that there were a lot of inadequacies in legal fraternity and in the police in dealing with cyber crime. “It is a new concept and the enforcement agencies and the legal fraternity should upgrade their knowledge,” she said.