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E-commerce and its permissiveness in India has been a long debated and sometimes controversial topic.

In the January edition of our monthly newsletter "Legalaxy", our team analyses some of the key developments in securities market, banking and finance, telecom industry, information technology, and information and broadcasting.

China produces more than 80% of the world's solar panels, a feat that has dramatically lowered costs and accelerated the global shift to renewable energy.

Patents are not new, their presence was noted long back during 16<SUP>th</SUP> Centaury. In U.S. at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a federal patent power was proposed by James Madison and Charles Pinckney and was adopted without debate as Article 1, Sec. 8, clause 8.

Businesses around the world have been adopting unique methods to make a mark on the internet. In the universal world of online platforms, the identification of goods becomes a tedious and confusing activity.

In Home Box Office Inc & Ors. v. Streamzy.to & Ors. (CS(COMM) 740/2026, 2026:DHC:5967; order dated 27 July 2026), Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani granted an ad-interim injunction against a cluster of rogue streaming websites and, more significantly, refined the mechanism by which such injunctions are extended to the mirror, redirect and alphanumeric sites that predictably follow. The order’s contribution lies in a single, disciplined distinction: between the technical verification that an intermediary may perform, and the adjudicatory determination that belongs to the court alone.

The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) rolled out a new set of IT Rules, 2021 on May 26th, 2021, primarily focusing on creating significant provisions for setting up a...

The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has released draft guidelines requiring brands to disclose the use of Artificial Intelligence in advertising.

The Delhi High Court and the Uttarakhand High Court, in three separate decisions concerning Meta, LinkedIn and YouTube, have examined the maintainability of writ petitions challenging the disabling, restriction or deletion of social-media accounts. The Courts reiterated that a private platform does not become amenable to writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution merely because it facilitates public communication and expression. The nature of the function performed and whether it involves the discharge of a public duty or State function remain relevant considerations.

On November 10, 2023, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ("MIB") released the draft Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2023 (the "Bill") seeking comments from the general public and/or any stakeholders.

The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 were released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in February 2021.

The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) issued a public notice on 26 May 2021 (Public Notice) clarifying that digital news publishers fall under the ambit of the Intermediary Rules.

Social Networking platforms are an extremely popular and useful communications tool in the digital age.

Net neutrality means service providers must treat all traffic equally, and not charge differently based on content.

Over the past year, the Union Government has taken incremental steps towards regulating online gaming with ‘real money'. MEITY was made the nodal ministry for online gaming and e-sports as part of multi-sports events.

In a significant boost for offline digital transactions, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a framework for facilitating small value digital payments in offline mode.