Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

About Vijayashankar Na

Naavi is a veteran Cyber Law specialist in India and is presently working from Bangalore as an Information Assurance Consultant. Pioneered concepts such as ITA 2008 compliance, Naavi is also the founder of Cyber Law College, a virtual Cyber Law Education institution. He now has been focusing on the projects such as Secure Digital India and Cyber Insurance

Recipe for corruption in Judiciary- Supreme Court judgement in Shafhi Mohammad V State of Himachal Pradesh

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Viewers would have observed several News paper reports in the last few days with headlines such as  -“Courts can rely on Electronic Records without Certificate: SC” (Deccan herald), (Free Press Journal) -“Party Not In Possession Of Device From Which Electronic … Continue reading →

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Two Member Bench of Supreme Court Vs Three member decision on Section 65B

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

On September 18, 2014, the famous P.V.Anvar Vs P.K Basheer judgement was delivered by the three member Supreme Court bench consisting of the then CJI, Kurien Joseph along with Justices R.M. Lodha and Rohinton Fali Nariman in which it was … Continue reading →

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MHA advisory on Cyber Crime Prevention and Control

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

The Ministry of Home Affairs released a circular on 13th January 2018 to all the State Governments and UT Administrators recommending some measures towards better Cyber Crime prevention in the respective Sstates and UTs. Copy of the Advisory The Circular … Continue reading →

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Corporate Governance and GDPR risk

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

As the D-day  for GDPR (25th May 2018) approaches, many of the Indian companies are busy with their preparation for implementing GDPR in their processing activities. At the same time, there is also a question in the minds of most of … Continue reading →

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How Aadhaar security reaches a new dimension with Virtual Aadhaar ID

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Aadhaar has been the center of Privacy debate for quite some time in India and has even attracted international attention. Amidst the criticisms that Aadhaar system is not properly secured and therefore it may lead to loss of privacy of … Continue reading →

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We need to build a “Bridge of Trust” between UIDAI and Security specialists

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

In the on-going petition in Supreme Court, Aadhaar faces a tough battle against multiple opponents. The background under which the Aadhaar case has come up for hearing itself suggests that there are some undercurrents of opposition to Aadhaar even within … Continue reading →

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