BANGALORE TO GET CYBER TRIBUNAL

Bangalore to get cyber tribunal

IT capital Bangalore  will soon get a regional chapter of the Appellate Cyber Appellate   tribunal Justice Rajesh Tandon, chairperson of the tribunal, has agreed to a request of the state department of  considering that most appeals that come before the tribunal are from Bangalore. The regional chapter will be the first outside New Delhi  where the tribunal is based. MN Vidyashankar, principal secretary, department of IT, BT, science and technology and e-governance, said here on Saturday that Bangalore accounts for nearly 40% of the country's software exports amounting to an annual revenue of Rs 80,000 crore. The nod for the regional chapter reinforces Bangalore's image as IT capital, Vidyashankar said.

Persons aggrieved by an order of the controller or adjudicating officer appointed under the IT Act, 2000 can prefer an appeal before the tribunal within 45 days of receiving a copy of the order. Given that the highest number of appeals come from Karnataka, Justice Tandon will soon issue orders to set up the Bangalore chapter.In his role as adjudicating officer for IT appeals in the state, Vidyashankar said he disposed of 65 cases in 2010 and 18 of 22 cases from January to date. "Every case that comes before me is disposed of in a maximum of two months," he said, adding that most cases pertain to intellectual property rights and theft of data by ex-employees who continue to illegally access their earlier employers' databases.The department is facilitating the three-day cyber security summit in Bangalore from September 6, he said, adding that a private company is taking care of the logistics.

                                                    Prof. John Kurakar