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Courts can be Crazy

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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“Deeply Disturbed” Editor’s Guild is Wrong

The Editor’s Guild was in the news recently calling the Intermediary rules released by the Meity on 7th April 2023 as “Draconian”, “Regrettable” and urging the Ministry to withdraw the notification. In our set of articles ending with “Fact Check … Continue reading

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Digital India Act-5: Adjudication

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

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e-Sports and Online Gaming

In the recent days, Government of India came up with two notifications related to electronic gaming which needs to be taken note of. E Sports The first is the Gazette notification declaring e-Sports as a part of “Multi Sports Events” … Continue reading

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CBDC or E Rupee and the Data Protection Bill 2022

We  are aware that RBI is implementing a pilot project to introduce E Rupee as its CBDC. The E-Rupee or CBDC-Retail will be a tokenized version of a currency denomination. It will therefore be a digital document that is stored … Continue reading

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The 14 year saga of a Phishing Case reaches a significant milestone

November 9, 2022 was an important day when my 14 year old crusade for justice for S Umashankar who had lost money in a Phishing fraud at ICICI Bank reached a significant milestone. A judgement was pronounced by Madras High … Continue reading

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