📘 Cyber Forensics in India: A Legal Perspective | 1st Edition (2017)
✒️ Authored by: Nishesh Sharma | Language: English | Publisher: Lexis Nexis

This pioneering work by Nishesh Sharma provides a comprehensive legal and technical analysis of cyber forensics in India, addressing the critical role of digital evidence in the modern justice system. With the exponential growth of cybercrime and electronic transactions, this book serves as an authoritative guide for understanding the intersection of technology, law, and forensics.

🔍 Key Features:

• 💻 Foundations of Cyber Forensics – concepts, techniques, and procedures in identifying, preserving, and presenting digital evidence.

• ⚖️ Legal Framework – detailed coverage of the Information Technology Act, 2000, Indian Evidence Act, Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (emerging framework), and allied legislations.

• 📜 Judicial Pronouncements – analysis of significant Supreme Court and High Court judgments on admissibility and evidentiary value of electronic records.

• 🛠️ Practical Guidance – step-by-step processes in handling cyber forensic investigations, including seizure, imaging, hashing, and chain of custody.

• 🔍 Emerging Challenges – cloud computing, mobile forensics, encryption, dark web investigations, and cross-border jurisdiction issues.

• 📚 Interdisciplinary Insights – blends technical know-how with legal principles for use by both legal professionals and forensic experts.

• 🆕 Contemporary Relevance (2017 Edition) – contextualised with growing cybercrimes such as hacking, phishing, identity theft, financial fraud, and cyber terrorism.

🎯 Recommended For:

• Advocates, judges & judicial officers handling cases with electronic evidence

• Cyber forensic professionals & investigators

• Policymakers, regulators & law enforcement agencies

• Academicians, researchers & law students specialising in cyber law and forensics

• Corporates, IT companies & compliance officers managing digital risks

This first edition of Cyber Forensics in India: A Legal Perspective stands as a trailblazing reference, combining technical depth, legal clarity, and practical guidance, making it indispensable in addressing the challenges of digital evidence and cybercrime in India.