TECHNOLOGY, LAW AND ETHICS
AUTHOR – MS. TANISHKA BHATT, INDEPENDENT AUTHOR, GURUGRAM, HARYANA. EMAIL – BHATT.TANISHKA744@GMAIL.COM
BEST CITATION – MS. TANISHKA BHATT, TECHNOLOGY, LAW AND ETHICS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 4 (4) OF 2024, PG. 986-994, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.
Abstract:
The article mentions how technology can help people in many areas, such as in entrepreneurship, law, medical, agriculture, and education. In the field of law specifically, technology can be used for various purposes such as for legal matter findings, lawful advice, lawful conscripting, lawful mechanisation, covenant analysis, information operation, legal enterprise development, fair thorough review, M&A due diligence, medium supervision, tracing beyond lawyer expend, automated proof operation and lawful propaganda which helps lawyers and firms to produce the desired output with efficiency, less human labour and with less scope of errors. Certain instances of electronic havoc, meanwhile covid 19 have also been mentioned in the article, when the entire world was connecting online, such as not involving women, in curative findings on female’s wellness which lead to lack of useful facts and information on female’s wellness, an AI tool which detects the probability of a person to commit offence on the basis of colourism etc. Recently during the Indo – Singapore judicial conference had occurred which discussed the relevance of using technology in the legal study and judicial system with morality, the conference also highlighted how Singapore International Commercial Court is utilising the technology for resolving cross border business disputes, In India the introduction of E- Courts, Live quotation benevolences and Supreme Court Vidhik Anuvaad Software has completely changed the facet of the Indian judicial system. The ethics and laws go hand in hand, for safeguarding human rights and to maintain a respectable environment, the law establishes standard of behaviour that all individuals adheres to, there are situations when an individual has to do an act which is ethically incorrect but is correct lawfully to which some philosophers have criticised as a person should not do an act which is not setting up a good example in the society at large. The National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence had put emphasis on using AI for resolving communal issues and to benefit citizens at large which is evident through instances such as use of cctv cameras at prayagraj kumbh mela for detecting that the mass does not go beyond its limit,Wadhwani AI, an AI potential device will help the doctors to detect less birthing heaviness of infants, business venture named NIRAMAI has evolved a premature level of breast cancer diagnosis apparatus, which is a AI based tool, the IIT Madras experimenters are seeming to utilise AI to forecast possibility of new mothers leaving the medicare initiatives, to better aimed interference and to expand practical medicare results for new mother and babies. Laws pertaining to technology such as the Information Technology Act of 2000, Indian Contract Act of 1872, Aadhaar Act of 2016, Geospatial Regulation Bill of 2016, Personal Data Protection Bill of 2019, and Information Technology Rules of 2021, are among the current laws and bills in our nation that are covered in the article. These legislation and laws prohibit technology-related crimes, including cyberterrorism and cybercrimes, and they impose fines for infractions; few instances of ethical use of technology are also mentioned. In order to prevent problems like privacy invasions, data security breaches, and cybercrimes, professional organisations and regulatory authorities are required to set and adhere to rules and regulations. To guarantee innovation and update legislation in line with technological changes, legal professionals should collaborate with technology specialists. This article basically aims to clarify the relationships and requirements between technology, law, and ethics in the contemporary world.
Keywords: Technology, Law, Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Offences, Advancements, Behaviour