If you're a Net 4 India customer with a domain name registered with the company, you might be wondering why your domains are still stuck. The reason: the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has stopped the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which accredits domain registrars like Net 4, from terminating the registrar's rights to issue domain names. In February, ICANN announced that come March 13, Net 4's accreditation would be terminated because of the registrar's frequent delays in paying dues and serving users. But insolvency professionals working with Net 4, which is embroiled in bankruptcy proceedings, rushed to get the termination stayed, a request that the NCLT granted. As a result, many customers whose domains are registered with Net 4 continue to not have access to their domains. Maruti Suzuki recovers its domains: Small users are more affected than larger companies who can go to court. Maruti Suzuki, for instance, filed an appeal with the NCLT to get their domain names migrated out of Net 4 management. The insolvency professionals handling Net 4's case accommodated that request. But several such requests by other users, even those referred to the registrar from ICANN, have gone unheeded. This led to ICANN terminating the registrar after giving Net 4 multiple opportunities to address their obligations. 56,000 users haven't recovered .in domains: For .in domains, the National Internet Exchange of India (NICI) has been providing support to registrants. In a statement to MediaNama, NIXI said that it had put out ads…
