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Good Faith or Hard Bargain: Negotiating Economic Duress in Commercial Transactions
Good faith is an omnipresent concept throughout contract law, not only permeating all its rules, but also acting as an ‘inspiration’ of those rules.
Madhav Sharma
Nov 157 min read
Assessing Structural Risks and Market Entrenchment in India’s Cloud Ecosystem
India’s existing competition framework, functioning on a reactive, case-by-case approach, is not suitable for tackling structural and collective dominance in rapidly changing cloud markets.
Monesh R B, Kartikeya Kothari
Oct 208 min read
The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act 2025: Yet Another Missed Opportunity?
The State must deliberate with the online gaming industry on a licensing regime with stricter compliance measures and penalties, rather than cutting off one of the growing industries in India completely.
Priyansh Jain
Sep 286 min read
UPI’s Free Ride: Can it Last Forever? A Deep Dive into Payment Aggregators and Sustainability
The author explores the issue of free rider problem, placing the onus on payment aggregators. It concludes by comparing the Indian model with global policies, highlighting how other jurisdictions have introduced differentiated fees for public digital goods, which usually charges large business alongside keeping small retailers free.
Shaashwat Mishra
Sep 215 min read
Data, Debt, and Due Process: Comparative Perspectives on Treatment of Digital Assets in Insolvency
The doctrinal tension at the core is between IBC's asset maximization aim and DPDP Act's rights-oriented approach focused on user consent and purpose limitation. The lack of legislative clarity poses the threat of privacy invasions, regulatory breaches, and user trust loss.
Nidhi Kamath
Aug 316 min read
Balancing Innovation and Integrity: AI in International Arbitration and Legal Practice
The integration of AI and its sub-systems in international arbitration is inevitable, but instead of blind participation in the AI race, the stakeholders must be vigilant and even de-limit such integration in certain sensitive areas, ensuring that technology remains a tool, not a tribunal.
Kushagra Mishra
Aug 246 min read
Analyzing Behavioral Profiling And Cross-Platform Tracking From the Lens of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023
The DPDP Act marks a significant milestone toward protecting individual privacy. Still, the current practice of behavioral profiling and cross-platform tracking by digital powerhouses uplifts some important questions on the DPDP Act’s compliance with free consent and purpose limitation.
Stuti Jadaun, Garvit Garg
Aug 237 min read
Navigating Intellectual Property Risks of AI-Generated Works Through Corporate Governance
The intersection of corporate governance and AI-related intellectual property presents a complex yet evolving opportunity which demands adaptive governance frameworks.
Rishi Dev
Aug 166 min read
The Digital Handshake Reimagined: Can MeitY’s Consent Management System Bridge the DPDPA-Clickwrap Divide?
MeitY’s CMS serves as an accelerator in India’s journey towards informed consent in clickwrap agreements. By introducing features like purpose-specific consent, user friendly interface, consent artifacts, immutable audit trails, the CMS seeks to ensure that users are able to make the right choice while granting their consent to data processing.
Ishtmeet Kaur
Aug 116 min read
From Space Oddity to IN-SPACe: Navigating Mergers and Acquisitions in India’s Space Sector
Recent developments in the space sector have opened numerous opportunities for mergers and acquisitions, with foreign entities like SpaceX and Blue Origin showing interest in emerging Indian boutique firms.
Aishwarya S Nair, Aditya Singh
Jun 206 min read


Navigating Consent-Only Data Processing: A Framework for Entities Relying on Targeted Advertising and User Preferences
The introduction of DPDPA necessitates significant changes in the marketing strategies employed by entities relying on personalization and targeted advertisement.
Jatin Yadav
Jun 125 min read
The Government as a Data Fiduciary under Digital Personal Data Protection Act: Obligations and Challenges
The DPDP Act is not merely a regulatory hurdle but a catalyst for reimagining citizen-state trust in the digital age.
Aanchal Singh, Devesh Singh Tomar, Gauravjeet Singh Narwan
May 167 min read
Regulating Dark Patterns and Deceptive UX: A Legal and Normative Analysis in Consumer Protection
To safeguard the consumers and users’ autonomy in the age of AI, regulatory steps and efforts need to be adaptive, multidisciplinary, and globally coordinated.
Shivanshu Shivam, Sakshi Priya
May 146 min read
Foreign Bribery and Section 447 of the Companies Act 2013
The article delves into a critical analysis of Section 447 of the Companies Act 2013, highlighting its shortcomings.
Suraj Shaw
Feb 87 min read
Analysing India's New Telecommunication Act: Impact and Implications
This article examines how the Act differs from the outdated laws it replaces.
Adit Kumar
Oct 6, 20247 min read
Bluffmaster(s) of Advertising: Eclipsing the Truth of Misleading Advertisements in India
An all-encompassing definition of ‘advertising agency’ should be adopted to clarify the scope of applicability for the SDC mandate.
Nandinii Tandon, Mehul Sharma
Sep 28, 20246 min read
Emoji Contracts: Seal it with a Click!
In holding that a thumbs-up operated to signify acceptance, the court recognized the evolutionary trajectory of contractual communications.
Ria Garg, Ananya Garg
Aug 14, 20247 min read
Disclosure of the Telecommunications Act: Privacy Risks in the Digital Age
This article examines the notion that decrypting messages results in breaches of privacy on a global scale and within national borders.
Prakhar Singh, Gunjan Sharma
May 13, 20246 min read
Companies as “Consumers” under Consumer Protection Act 1986: A Confused Approach?
The court in Kozyflex takes a lax approach to the question of locus standi of companies under the 1986 Act.
Tejas Venkatesh
May 10, 20246 min read
A Case for CCI’s Jurisdiction Over Standard Essential Patents
A collaborative approach must be taken by the CCI and the Controller for SEP disputes involving anti-competitive behaviour.
Ansruta Debnath
Mar 21, 20247 min read
From Telegraph to Telecom: An Old Wine in a New Bottle? A Critical Appraisal of the Telecommunication Act
While the law can be lauded for promoting regulatory effectiveness, it has raised concerns over extensive surveillance power of government.
Aditya Vardhan Singh, Ayush Mangal
Mar 18, 20246 min read
An Electric Nexus: Power Purchase Agreements and Commodity Derivatives
The Indian electricity market is evolving, and the need arises for clarity to navigate the complexities of evolving energy landscapes.
Aribba Siddique
Feb 11, 20246 min read
Unifying India’s Business Future: The Universal Commercial Code Proposal
Adopting Universal Commercial Code will be the ultimate embellishment that will propel the country to the pinnacle of commercial glory.
Manav Pamnani, Teesha Arora
Feb 10, 20246 min read
Testing National Financial Information Registry Framework on the Touchstone of Data Protection Law
The successful implementation of NFIR policy is fundamental since it has potential to improve India’s credit landscape.
Parth Kantak
Sep 9, 20237 min read
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