Bangalore: A Bangalore-based company on July 11 claimed to have filed the first-ever case for damages by way of compensation under the Indian Cyberlaw.

Antares Systems Limited, operating in the electronic tendering product space, said it has filed the case against C1 India Private Limited and four others under Section 43 and 46 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

C1 India is the New Delhi-based Indian subsidiary of the US firm Commerce1.

Antares' senior vice-president Dr R Kamath told reporters that in the case, the company has charged the respondents with, among others, developing their own e-tendering solution by copying the essential features of the company's product, Tenderwizard.

According to Kamath, the case, filed on behalf of the company by Supreme Court Advocate Pavan Duggal, who is specialising in Cyberlaw, was pending before Prakash Kumar, Adjudicating Officer under the Information Technology Act, 2000, and Special Secretary (IT), Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi.

Antares claimed that the respondents collaborated with the company to jointly bid as a consortium for the e-procurement initiative of the Andhra Pradesh government.

PTI