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India’s data protection landscape is undergoing its most significant shift in over a decade. The Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 (“SPDI Rules”), have long formed the core of personal data protection obligations under the Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act“) for body corporates handling sensitive personal data or information.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the way decisions are made across critical sectors worldwide. This shift from automation to autonomy presents significant challenges for traditional tort law, which has historically been built around concepts such as human fault, foreseeability and direct causation.

A will is a legal document that expresses a person's desires about the management or distribution of their possessions after death.

Foreign bank accounts, overseas investments, RSUs, ESOPs and other foreign financial interests are coming under greater visibility as the CBDT authorises the integration of Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) data into the Annual Information Statement (AIS). What does this mean for taxpayers, and what should taxpayers with foreign assets do now?

The term sheet is usually treated as the moment the commercial bargain is struck. The valuation is agreed, the investment amount settled and the investor’s percentage fixed. The parties negotiate a board seat, a liquidation preference and anti-dilution protection, the term sheet is signed, and the deal moves into definitive documentation.

In a significant interim order impacting forest land disputes, urban development, and Transferable Development Rights (TDR) in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court has stayed the operation of the Bombay High Court’s judgment directing the release of approximately 193 acres of land at Manpada, Thane from acquisition under the Maharashtra Private Forests (Acquisition) Act, 1975.

India’s arbitration jurisprudence continues to evolve in favour of minimal judicial intervention and stronger enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. In a significant 2026 decision, the Supreme Court of India reinforced this pro-enforcement approach by formally recognising the doctrine of transnational issue estoppel while interpreting Section 48 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Arbitration Act”).

GIFT City (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City) has matured from a bold idea into India's functioning International Financial Services Centre (IFSC).

Maritime commerce is inherently international, asset-driven, and time-sensitive. Ships move across jurisdictions within days, cargo changes hands rapidly, and contractual relationships often involve multiple parties located in different countries.

The effectiveness of international arbitration ultimately depends not on obtaining an arbitral award, but on successfully enforcing it against the losing party. An arbitration award that cannot be enforced is little more than a paper victory. For this reason, the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards remain one of the most important pillars of international commercial arbitration.

The principle underlying compulsory land acquisition is that when private property is acquired by the State for a public purpose, affected landowners must receive fair and reasonable compensation. However, under the framework of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, a significant disparity historically emerged between landowners who sought judicial enhancement of compensation under Section 18 and those who did not.

India’s digital regulatory framework is multi-layered. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“DPDP Act”) and the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (“DPDP Rules”) sit alongside the long-standing Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act”) and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“Intermediary Guidelines” or “IT Rules, 2021”).

Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) has emerged as one of the most consequential biometric innovations of the digital age...

The Indian food and nutrition industry is undergoing an unprecedented transformation.

The Companies Act in India does not pre-empt the decision as to what structure might be appropriate for a company in India.

One of the recurring jurisdictional questions in Indian arbitration law concerns the status of a “purported arbitral award” namely, an award rendered in the absence of a valid arbitration agreement or by a tribunal lacking inherent jurisdiction.

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act in India) introduces Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) as a mandatory compliance tool for Significant Data Fiduciaries (SDFs) engaged in high-risk processing.

On 13 July 2026, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposed penalties exceeding ₹142 crore on HP India and several reselers under Section 27 of the Competition Act, 2002 (Competition Act) for cartelisation and bid rigging in the sale and supply of HP personal system products, including laptops, desktops, workstations and accessories (Computers Case), and ink and toner cartridges (Cartridges Case). The orders arose from lesser penalty applications filed by HP India under Section 46 of the Competition Act read with the CCI (Lesser Penalty) Regulations, 2009.