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 Net effect of the Supreme Court judgement on ITA 2008

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

The summary of the judgement of the Supreme Court bench consisting of Justice J.Chelameswar and Justice R.F. Nariman dated March 24, 2015 is as follows: (a) Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 is struck down in its entirety being … Continue reading →

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Section 66A: Why this Judgement is not a “Landmark Judgement” as hailed

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

The former Law Minister and Karnataka Governor Mr H R Bharadwaj has confirmed what everybody knew that Section 66A was misused wantonly by UPA. However, the Supreme Court which gave its judgement scrapping the section did not even give a … Continue reading →

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Mehdi gets a reprieve… Section 66A scrapped by Supreme Court

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

This news report in Deccan Herald (25/3/2015) does not require any comments. We will see more such news in the days to come when the effect of scrapping of Section 66A starts taking its effect. People who are rejoicing the … Continue reading →

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Section 66A: Judiciary asserts its rights over Executive

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

The judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the Shreya Singhal Vs Union of India is notable for the fact that the Court has conspicuously asserted its rights over the judiciary and castigated the law makers for the “Vague … Continue reading →

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Cases that prompted scrapping of Section 66A by the Supreme Court

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

Ever since the judgement of the Supreme Court on Section 66A was pronounced yesterday there have been discussions all over the media hailing the Court for having upheld the great principle of democracy, viz the “Freedom of Expression”. In the … Continue reading →

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Section 66A struck down

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

Finally Supreme Court has struck down Section 66A as “Unconstitutional”. At the same time it has upheld the validity of Section 69 and Section 79 (intermediary rules). COPY OF SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT This has been hailed as a victory for … Continue reading →

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