Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

The Digital India Act as proposed which was unveiled by the MeitY during their public consultation session in Bangalore has spoken of “Online Safety and Trust” as one of the objectives of the proposed laws. At the same time it … Continue reading →

ITA 2000 was had provided the Power of Adjudication under Section 46. Under this section any dispute arising out of a contravention of ITA 2000 in which financial compensation has to be received by a person who has suffered a … Continue reading →

In introducing the need for a new Act namely Digital India Act to replace the existing ITA 2000, the Government has identified 5 distinct changes in the environment since 2000 as follows. Out of the five identified developments, it is … Continue reading →

(This is a continuation of the previous article on this subject in the series) The DIA as proposed by the MeitY is proposed to replace the current ITA 2000. The structure of the new Act may see deletion of Chapter … Continue reading →

In a continuation of the impact of deliberate mis information spread on the web and poisoning of the AI models, I would like to reproduce here an article which I had written some time back. This article also refers to … Continue reading →

On May 26th, 2022, the MeitY had released the “National Data Governance Framework Policy” for public consultation. Mr Rajeev Chandrashekar has made a reference to this policy while introducing the proposed Digital India Act and stated that this policy would … Continue reading →