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Surveillance and Monitoring are not the same

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

When the honourable Supreme Court considered the issue of Section 66A of ITA 2000/8 and ended up scrapping the section as being violative of the Indian Constitution, we had raised the objection to the decision on the ground that the … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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T K Vishwanathan Committee Report… Is it only a small leak?

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

The Government of India had set up a committee under the chairmanship of Mr T.K.Vishwanathan former Union Law Secretary and Secretary General, Lok Sabha to review ITA 2008. Mr Vishwanathan was the person who worked on the first draft of ITA … Continue reading →

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Social Media Use for Abuse…root cause is Privacy and Anonymity..Solution is on hands..if we care..

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

Eminent lawyers of the country seem to have taken up a fight against Social Media for enabling “abusive content”. According to the news reports, they are demanding that Supreme Court should consider “Regulation of Social Media”. However, we need to … Continue reading →

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Impact of Supreme Court’s Order on Right to Privacy on Cyber Space and Data Protection

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

A Round table was held at National Law School of India, Bangalore, the premier law education institute in the country on assessing the impact of the Supreme Court order on Right to Privacy on Cyber Space and Data Protection. Dr … Continue reading →

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