"That is another way of moving forward on the global

stage," he added.

"All of us, it doesn't matter whether we are judges or lawyers, academicians or just laypersons... all of us need to be aware of what's happening around the world.

"Many of the things happening around the world are somehow connected with the rule of law. Some of the statutes that you find in the world relating to cyber crime and information technology are way ahead of the laws we have in India," Justice Lokur pointed out.

Noting that India has emerged as a "very important player" on global stage -- be it on the economic front, impact of technology from India can have on other parts of the world or the point of view laws that are being developed -- whichever way looked at, Justice Lokur, however, said it was "not good enough" to be among top 5 or top 10 and remain over there.

"We need to keep up with the times and try and become number one. It's not impossible. We are in that kind of a position where we can become number one may be in 5 or 10 years," he added.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Supreme Court Justice N V Ramana, Delhi High Court Chief Justice G Rohini, acting Chief Justice of High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the state of Andhra Pradesh and the state of Telangana Ramesh Ranganathan, judge V Ramasubramanian, Japan's Intellectual Property High Court judge Justice Akira Katase and others spoke on the occasion.

The Japan External Trade Organisation and the AP Economic Development Board jointly organised the workshop.

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