Chandigarh, April 2 -- For making out of court settlement of cybercrime cases possible, the Haryana government has decided that applications for de-freezing money pertaining to cyber-crime where first information report (FIR) has not been registered be declared as a public utility service under the Legal Service Authorities Act, 1987.

As per Section 22-A of the Act dealing with pre-litigation conciliation and settlement, permanent Lok Adalats and public utility services have been defined.

Additional chief secretary (ACS), Administration of Justice, Sumita Misra said that the state government may add any service in the public interest by notification to be a public utility service. Accordingly, services have been added from time to time ...