Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

Article that appeared in India Legal Print magazine    

When countries move from a “No Data Protection Law” to a “Strict Data Protection Law”, one of the problems faced by the companies is how to handle the legacy personal data which is already with them. This data could have … Continue reading →

Section 65B of Indian Evidence Act came into existence on 17th October 2000 along with the notification of ITA 2000. For all the professionals in the legal circles including the Judges, understanding Section 65B and its necessity was almost impossible. … Continue reading →

We have discussed the Shafhi Mohammad judgement of the Supreme Court in the past through several articles, (Refer: The tragedy of Shafhi Mohammad). The matter had come for review in the case of Arjun Punditrao Vs Kailash Kushanrao and the … Continue reading →

I refer to the problems in Net4India partially ceasing its activities discussed here through our earlier articles. The refusal of the domain registrar to allow transfer of domain to another registrar is a problem of Consumers of domain name service … Continue reading →

Preliminary reports suggest that the Government is releasing the report submitted by Kris Gopalakrishna Committee on Data Governance for public comments.  The committee was formed  for the purpose of recommending the regulation on Non Personal Data which is of relevance … Continue reading →