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Unpacking a Billion Dollar Industry: Digital games and sports in India is a report authored by Ikigai Law in association with the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).

In their piece, the authors examine whether a mere change in the mode of playing a game (online vs. offline) should alter the nature and taxability of income under the Income-tax Act, 1961.

The Advertising Standards Council of India ("ASCI") has entered into a strategicpartnership with major gaming industry federations to tackle the proliferation ofillegal...

Welcome to the March 2026 edition of Game, Set & Match Monthly, your all-access pass to the latest legal, regulatory, and industry updates in the ever-evolving world of sports and gaming—both in India and internationally.

India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) has recently proposed the establishment of the Online Gaming Authority of India (the “Authority”) under the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, thereby seeking to create a dedicated national regulator for the sector for the first time.

CCI by its order dated March 16, 2016 has ordered detailed investigation against AFI for restricting organisation of marathons without permission for AFI.

In light of the judgement of the Supreme Court of India in Government of India & Ors v/s Cricket Association of Bengal & Ors directing that airwaves or frequencies are public property and have to be controlled and regulated by a public authority in the promotion of the general interest of the public, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ("MIB") had been contemplating the enactment of a legislation for regulating the operation of broadcasting services in India.

Online piracy has a structural feature that ordinary injunctions struggle with: when one infringing website is blocked, mirror sites, redirect links and slightly altered domain names appear almost immediately, hosting the same content. Requiring a rights holder to file fresh proceedings for each new address would make enforcement a game of whac-a-mole that the infringer always wins

On August 7, 2019, CCI directed the Director General to investigate into the allegations made by Mr. Shravan Yadav, Mr. Amitsinh Tanvar and Mr. Lavmeet Katariya.

Welcome to the July 2025 edition of Game, Set & Match Monthly, your all-access pass to the latest legal, regulatory, and industry updates in the ever-evolving world of sports and gaming—both in India and internationally...

Welcome to the October 2025 edition of Game, Set & Match Monthly, your all-access pass to the latest legal, regulatory, and industry updates in the ever-evolving world of sports and gaming—both in India and internationally.

More than 15 months after the hugely successful Beijing Olympics concluded, doping has once again reared its ugly head with five athletes, including two medallists, being found guilty of having used CERA.

Playing a vital role in the development of the overall personality of an individual, sports are an import facet of human life.

Sometime between 725–675 BCE, the legendary Greek poet Homer evolved a novel narrative device for composing certain parts of his timeless classic The Odyssey.

RCSPL owns and operates the Royal Challengers Bengaluru franchise in the Indian Premier League (‘IPL’) and the Women’s Premier League. Big Banyan is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aelius Investments Pte. Ltd. and forms part of the Aditya Birla group. It acquired RCSPL alongside Bolt IPL Holdings LLC, a newly incorporated Delaware company, Times Internet Limited (‘TIL’) and Times Cricket LLP, both subsidiaries of Bennett Coleman and Company Limited, ICQ Opportunities RC Holdco, Ltd. (‘ICONIQ’), and Asia Investment Topco II Pte. Ltd. (‘Blackstone’), which is owned by funds managed by affiliates of Blackstone Inc. Apart from TIL, none of the acquiring vehicles currently carries on business activities.

During the past three months, several media houses reported that almost one thousand notices have been issued by the Enforcement Directorate ("ED") to individuals for using ...

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finally agreed to come under the ambit of the National Anti-Doping Agency of India (NADA), after resisting for years.