Computers have made a huge difference in the judicial system: Justice Surya Kant

A national level two-day seminar on ‘Law and Technology’ kicked off today at the Panjab University.

A national level two-day seminar on ‘Law and Technology’ kicked off today at the Panjab University. The seminar is being organised by University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS) and University Law Students’ Association, Panjab University, in association with the Asia Pacific Jurist Association and Department of Technology , UT , Chandigarh . The chief guest for the occasion Justice Surya Kant, Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court inaugurated the function at the university auditorium.

Justice Surya Kant, in his inaugural address, said that when he had joined the legal profession, there were no computers and cyber crimes were unheard of.

He also said that the day was not far away when lawyers would argue using their laptops and judges would deliver judgments with the help of the same. He added that the there has been a sea change in the nature of crimes like transmitting virus, pirated software, infringement of IPR etc.

Professor Gurjeet Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala said, “Cyber crimes are growing at the speed of light. With the growth of technology, its misuse has also increased.”

Satya Pal Jain, Dean, Faculty of Laws was also present on the occasion. M S Brar, Director, Department of Information Technology, Chandigarh, released a souvenir prepared by students of UILS.

During the day, several parallel sessions were held on the themes of Law and Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights. Various legal luminaries: Hon’ble Justice Rajiv Bhalla, Judge Panjab and Haryana High Court, Justice K.S. Ahluwalia, Justice Austin George Masih, Justice Ajay Tiwari, Prof Johar, Dept of Laws, PU, Rodney Ryder and Atul Lakhanpal acted as chairpersons of these sessions.

The various panels also consisted of co-chairpersons: Preetpal Singh, Prof Sashi Sharma, Meenu Paul, Prof P Bansal and Ajay Gulathi, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana.

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Over 20 paper discussants and 60 speakers were present at the event.