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

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

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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Supreme Court has to hear the voice of Aadhaar supporters also

It is reported that a group of Private Companies have indicated their desire to implead themselves in the Aadhaar suit in the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court is yet to approve their request. Article in Economic times According to … Continue reading

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Aadhaar case is a fight between honest citizens of India and the Benami property and Black Money owners

In the case of Justice Loya’s death due to heart attack, many senior advocates like Mr Dushyant Dave and Indira Jaisingh as well as politicians like Mr Rahul Gandhi are complaining that an enquiry needs to be ordered under the … Continue reading

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Aadhaar must be preserved with safeguards…. The root cause for Privacy breach is elsewhere

An interesting debate is happening in the Supreme Court on whether “Aadhaar is Constitutional” and whether it should be scrapped. We are informed that the Anti Aadhaar advocates have started putting through their view points to convince the Court that … Continue reading

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This move on Amazon and Flipkart is a regressive taxation policy and Anti Consumer

A report in Economic Times today suggests that the IT Department of Bangalore has issued a notice to the E Commerce players Amazon and Flipkart that the customer discounts given by them should be considered as “Capital Expenditure” and not … Continue reading

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Misleading Article in Times of India on Mobile Pictures and CCTV footage as Evidence

Today, there was a misleading article published in Times of India titled “Mobile pics, videos may be allowed as evidence”. By implication it meant that so far it is not accepted as evidence. The article says that there is a … Continue reading

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