Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

About Vijayashankar Na

Naavi is a veteran Cyber Law specialist in India and is presently working from Bangalore as an Information Assurance Consultant. Pioneered concepts such as ITA 2008 compliance, Naavi is also the founder of Cyber Law College, a virtual Cyber Law Education institution. He now has been focusing on the projects such as Secure Digital India and Cyber Insurance

The e-tendering issues in Maharashtra.. “Uploading” is not the same as “submitting” the tender

The decision of the Mumbai High Court in the Writ Petition (L) 2070 of 2017 filed by the well known Construction company Shapoorji Pallonji & Company Private Limited against the State of Maharashtra in respect of an e-Tender rejection has … Continue reading

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The Pandora’s box of Technical Glitches opened……2: MHDA and NIC need to take note

This is in continuation of the earlier article The essence of the judgement in the case of Shapoorji Pallonji & Company Private Limited vs State of Maharashtra in the disputed e-Tender rejection case is that An e-tender cannot be denied … Continue reading

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The Pandora’s box of Technical Glitches opened….The e-tender judgement in Maharashtra…1

An interesting judgement has come forth from the High Court of Maharashtra in the Shapoorji Pallonji & Company Private Limited vs State of Maharashtra which has debated some less known aspects of Information Technology Act 2000 (ITA2000) and the use … Continue reading

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Who is Responsible for Cheque Cloning?

“One fraudster has opened a current account in bombay. Deposited high value cloned cheques of another bank in his banks branch at surat. His banker is a collecting bank. Collecting bank officials have verified the chqs in UV Lamp and … Continue reading

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In Search of Ethics in Cyber Space…..Want to be an “Ethical Job Seeker”?

Naavi.org was started way back in 1998 with a motto “Let’s Build a Responsible Cyber Society”. The “Cyber Laws” were identified as a “Norm” of the Cyber Society and hence “Cyber Law Compliance” has been a long term slogan of … Continue reading

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FinTech Companies in P2P Lending will now be NBFCs

We have discussed at length the subject of P2P lending platforms in the past and highlighted the need for proper regulation. Some of the earlier discussions can be found in the following articles. Peer to Peer Lending Platforms and Regulatory … Continue reading

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