NIXI seizes private .in domains without due process, killing India's ccTLD
NIXI has killed the "Dot In" domain name (2025)
Naavi, a veteran Indian cyber law expert, accuses NIXI, the government-owned registry for .in domains, of arbitrarily acquiring private domain names without justification. He cites the case of dpdpa.in, which NIXI placed under server lock and planned to transfer to the government based on a vague 'desire' from the Government of India, with no show-cause notice or documented reason. Naavi argues this violates constitutional rights to property and free expression, and warns that businesses will abandon .in for .com, undermining India's digital sovereignty. He calls for a campaign to oppose what he terms 'NIXI Dadagiri'.
There was no 'Show Cause' notice a document showing a 'Reason' for exercising this extraordinary powers. It merely stated that 'This is to inform you that Govt. of India desires to get the domain dpdpa.in registered for itself.'
- ChrisArchitect
https://web.archive.org/web/20260903193404/https://www.naavi...
- akshayrajeshwar
That tld is just not worth the pain. A while ago they said you'd need NIXI CEO's permission to register more than 2 domain for national security reasons.
And a notice my registrar shows before registering a .in domain...
> This TLD has very strict verifiable contact requirements. You MUST use verifiable contact information or your domain may be suspended and / or deleted without warning by the registry and without refund. The registry is also extremely difficult to contact and communicate with, it's possible that you will be asked to rectify your unverifiable contact info and do so but then they will ignore you. Yes, it is pure insanity and bad enough that we took the time to add this very special warning.
> The .IN registry can suspend a domain at any time if it decides the registrant contact information does not hold up, and that means at any time: days into a brand new registration, or years into one you have renewed without incident. We have watched it happen to registrants who were confident their information was correct all along. Getting a suspended domain back means satisfying the registry on its terms, and that usually means ID verification: expect to be asked for eKYC and government issued ID matching the registrant contact. We will chase them on your behalf, but we cannot make them move, and until they have what they are asking for they tend to answer with form letters or not answer at all, on no particular timetable. If you cannot produce ID matching the registran […]
- dotinvictim
man .in is horrible exprience you have to send aadhar card pan etc after 30 days of continous effort they lift the server hold status fing rediculsas