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Closure of Bazee.com case: Sharat Digumarti gets relief amidst Intriguing precedents created

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

The Bazee.com case which was one of the earliest criminal prosecutions to be launched under Information Technology Act 2000 appears to have finally completed its journey with the quashing of criminal prosecution against Mr Sharat Babu Digumarti. This case was … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyber Law | Tagged avnish bajaj, bazee.com, S V Shekar, sharat digumati | 1 Comment

S Ve Shekar and Forwarding of Social media Messages: Shreya Singhal Judgement over looked

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

I refer to the recent judgement from High Court of Madras which was quoted in the media with headlines such as “Forwarding social media posts equals endorsement, says Madras HC “. The judgement was in relation to an “Anticipatory Bail Application” … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyber Law | Tagged ramathilagam, S V Shekar, section 66A, Shreya Singhal | 4 Comments

Who is Bhusan of Kolkata Police? Why does he make Abusive calls?

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Yesterday, a senior citizen of Bengaluru received an abusive call from a mobile number 9051660028 stating that he is from Kolkata Police and made some unfound allegations against the called person and threatened him with dire consequences. The True caller … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyber Law | 2 Comments

DISHA 2018- Proposed Health Information Security Act in India

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

DISHA 2018 is the proposed law for India applicable to the Privacy and Data Protection related to the Health Care sector in India. At a time there is discussion on GDPR all around the industry and anticipation of the Justice … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyber Law | Tagged disha 2018, health data privacy | Leave a comment

The tragedy of Shafhi Mohammad judgement

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

“This erroneous interpretation of the bench will directly result in honest persons being harassed by dishonest persons” …. Naavi The honourable Supreme Court in its order dated 3rd April 2018 pronounced its final order on the Special Leave Petition (SLP … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyber Law | Tagged 65B, Shafhi Mohammad | 2 Comments

In the wonderland of Quantum Cyber Law, Physics is part of Law specialization

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Ever since Law entered Cyber space and the term “Cyber Law” was coined, the field of law has been shaken up. When ITA 2000 (Information Technology Act 2000) was notified and conventional lawyers started reading it they soon encountered right … Continue reading →