India, UK share a common aim: Enhancing bilateral ties in legal affairs, digitalization

New Delhi, July 12: India, UK look forward to enhancing their relations in the field of governance of the internet, cyber-crime, and cyber-security.

 

Minister for Law & Justice and Electronics & IT Ravi Shankar Prasad visited the United Kingdom from 6-10 July 2018 at the invitation of David Gauke, Secretary of State for Justice, UK. The two Ministers discussed taking forward the exchange of legal practitioners on the basis of reciprocity in accordance with the prevailing legal provisions in their respective countries.

The two Ministers later signed a MoU for enhancing bilateral cooperation in legal affairs which, inter alia, provides a framework for promoting greater co-operation between the judicial and legal professionals in both countries through the exchange of expertise and training; exchanging information regarding current issues of international significance. The MoU also provides for the establishment of a Joint Consultative Committee to facilitate such exchange.

Prasad informed his counterpart about the progress made in India in the field of ensuring access to justice for all, particularly using the power of technology through initiatives like Tele-Law, e-Court services and digitization of Courts in India.

Earlier, Minister chaired a Round Table of leading Indian and UK IT firms jointly organized by NASSCOM with its counterpart TechUK. Representatives from Indian IT companies such as Wipro, Infosys, TCS etc. as well as UK companies such as WNS, First Source, BBC, NTT, etc. attended the event. The Minister appreciated the tremendous interest shown by UK companies in India’s digital story and listed out some of the key areas such as skill enhancement, Fintech, emerging technologies such as AI and Cyber Security as the possible areas of growth, where UK IT firms could leverage the growth potential and size of India’s growing digital economy, which is expected to reach the size of a trillion $ in the next few years for their own growth.