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Introduction As India’s data protection regime moves from legislation to enforcement, businesses are increasingly treating cyber insurance as a ready answer to their compliance worries. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“DPDP Act”) became operational once the DPDP Rules were notified in November 2025, wit
Introduction The Employee’s Provident Fund Scheme, 2026 (‘2026 Scheme’) came into effect from July 2026, introduced as delegated legislation under the Code on Social Security, 2020 (‘SS Code’). Its arrival has raised a question that is more consequential in principle than in practice: whether the 2026 Scheme has actual
Introduction The question of whether a delayed remittance of statutory tax collected by an entity can be treated as absolute non-payment to trigger harsh penal provisions has long created friction between taxpayers and revenue authorities. This issue becomes particularly crucial when fiscal statutes prescribe strict pe
Introduction The Unified Payments Interface (“UPI”) has transformed India’s digital payments ecosystem by enabling instant payments without a direct transaction charge for consumers and merchants. However, its unprecedented growth has raised a fundamental question: if UPI transactions remain free for users, who should
Introduction The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“DPDP Act”) borrows some of the European Union (“EU”)’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”)’s vocabulary a Data Fiduciary echoes a “controller,” a Data Principal echoes a “data subject” and the legal architecture behind those words is roughly the same
Introduction In August, Meta’s technical team and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) lead to the government clarifying that Meta’s platforms in India must be governed by Indian law, not merely by the company’s global policies. The discussion focused on content moderation, deepfakes, child se
Introduction On 13 May 2026, RBI introduced a new framework for facilitating outward remittances through non-bank entities in partnership with Authorised Dealer (AD) Category-I banks. The significant change was simple: non-bank entities no longer need prior RBI approval for such tie-ups. Instead, banks can enter into t
Introduction The internet has made Child Sexual Abuse Material (hereinafter referred to as “CSAM”) a profoundly transnational crime. A child may be located in India, the offender may operate from another jurisdiction, the platform may be incorporated in the United States, and the relevant electronic evidence may be sto
Introduction The Delhi High Court, in the case of M/s Novartis India Ltd. Vs Sarabhjeet Singh and Anr, Writ Petition Civil Appeal Numbers 11095 of 2015, decided on 04.05.2026, upheld the finding by the Labour Court that the termination of Medical Sales Representative Sarabhjeet Singh was illegal and unjustified. This i
Introduction The Hon’ble Supreme Court has recently clarified that Section 74 of the CGST Act cannot be invoked merely by reproducing the expressions “fraud”, “wilful misstatement” or “suppression of facts”. Where the Department seeks to invoke the extended period of limitation, the show-cause notice (“SCN”) must discl
Introduction In Babu Ram v. State of Rajasthan & Ors. Civil Writ Petition No. 17812/2026, the Rajasthan High Court set aside the termination of a government employee whose services were brought to an end solely on the strength of a subsequent medical board assessment that recorded a lower degree of disability than two
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