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

Extent of Cyber Fraud related Loss in Indian Banks

In an answer given in the Parliament, the IT Minister, (based on RBI records) has reported  the following information on Cyber Frauds in Banks. Year No of cases(Card and Internet Banking) Amount (Rs Cr) 2011-12 10048 38 2012-13 8765 68 … Continue reading

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Cyber Law Vision 2018 for Digital India

Following is an article written prior to the Supreme Court judgement on Section 66A and the Net neutrality controversy. for one of the print magazines of a law College.  I welcome comments. Naavi   Cyber Law Vision-2018 By Naavi It … Continue reading

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TRAI follows the Free Speech Concept… Spammers rejoice!

It is unbelievable that TRAI could release more than 1 million email addresses of public on the Internet. But that is exactly what it has done and we are still trying to understand if it was an honest mistake or … Continue reading

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Intricacies of Net Neutrality and Need for a Constitutional Amendment

After three weeks of intense debate, the discussion on Section 66A has passed onto the next stage of what further action is required to be taken. Further discussions will perhaps resume based on what the Government does or what Supreme Court … Continue reading

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All Articles on Section 66A at one place

Over the last one month, several articles have appeared on Naavi.org and also elsewhere discussing Section 66A. In order to have all these articles at one place, I am trying to put together this page with links to both articles … Continue reading

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Options before Government.. after Section 66A being struck down

The two member bench of the Supreme Court of India consisting of honourable Justices J.Chelameswar and R.F.Nariman, struck down Section 66A of ITA 2000/8 on March 24, 2015, in their judgement in the batch of petitions lead by Shreya Singhal … Continue reading

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