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Suspended Policemen who arrested Palghar Girls need to be decorated

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

When Police in Palghar arrested two innocent girls on November 18,2012, the popular opinion in the Cyber Law circles was that Police were unaware of the law and had done a mistake because of the pressure from the Shivasena supporters. Even … Continue reading →

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Year 2013 in retrospect

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

The year 2013 ended with an intense debate on Bitcoins the virtual currency system that caused lot of ripples in the market. over the last one month, Naavi.org has been full of discussions on Bitcoin to the extent that discussions … Continue reading →

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UK Twitter Joke Case on Appeal

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Vijayashankar Na

Dec 1: Paul Chamber case in UK which has been wrongly quoted some times in India in the Karti Chidambaram case has been referred back to Court in UK. During snowy weather, Doncaster’s Robin Hood airport had closed, threatening to derail … Continue reading →

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Courts can be Crazy

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Vijayashankar Na

Recently two judgements were reported from abroad one on a Canadian Court considering the Emoji Thumbs up as a digital signature, another where a victim of an identity theft was adjudged guilty of Trademark infringement. To this I would like … Continue reading →

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Let us not have a repetition of Palghar Girl’s Case

Posted on April 17, 2023 by Vijayashankar Na

Mumbai high court was instrumental in initiating the Section 66A removal from ITA 2000 in the Palghar girl’s case due to a wrong interpretation of the section. A situation has come now where the petition of Mr Kunal Kamra is … Continue reading →

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Editor’s Guild and Internet Freedom Foundation are deliberately misinforming the public

Posted on April 16, 2023 by Vijayashankar Na

Mr Rajeev Chandrashekar, MOS, MeitY in a recent interview, has reiterated that large part of misinformation in the media is against the Government and hence there is a need for a Government factcheck body which has been indicated in the … Continue reading →

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