Technology, Media and Telecom

In recent years, the digital payments space has grabbed eyeballs across India, with the upsurge in the use of debit cards, credit cards and UPI payments. The increase in the use of digital payments can be largely attributed to the increase in access to the internet, e-commerce websites, mobile applications and the pandemic that forced several individuals to shop online, even for basic necessities. ......

The popularity of online gaming platforms has soared high in recent times with enthusiasts from all age groups. The rising trend of demand for such games has made it critical to speculate its promotion through advertisements. ......

Defamation is the act of intentionally injuring one’s character by false and malicious words in such a manner that it lowers or injures the reputation of that individual in the eyes of society or the community to which they belong. Traditionally defamation is of two varietals: libel and slander. ......

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team ("CERT-In") is the national agency for incident response for cyber security and has been established under Section 70B of the Information Technology Act, 2000 ("IT Act"). Its functions include the collection, analysis and dissemination of information on cyber incidents, providing and implementing emergency measures for handling any cyber security incidents, coordinating cyber incident response activities, and issuing guidelines, advisories, vulnerability notes and white papers with information relating to security practices, procedures, prevention, response and reporting of cyber incidents. ......

Under Indian law, defamation is both a criminal (punishable with imprisonment) as well as civil offence (punishable through the award of damages). Defamation as a civil offence is punishable under the law of torts, whereas, the criminal law on defamation is codified under the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ("IPC"). ......

In an earlier article we wrote about how gambling in India faces a peculiar predicament. The blanket ban in India of any activity that constitutes ‘gambling’ has existed since the British-Era, and has not undergone significant modification since that century. ......

The Union Budget 2022-23 ("Budget") was presented by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, 2022, and undoubtedly has the thread of a digital, and an increasingly more digitised, India running through several of its proposals, which have been created with an emphasis on inclusion and the building a robust economy by leveraging digitisation in several spheres. ... ...

On January 24th, the Delhi government published a draft Motor Vehicles Aggregator Scheme (Scheme). Cab aggregators, quick commerce, and other delivery and passenger transport services in New Delhi are required to incorporate Electric Vehicles (EV) into their fleets and to cap surge pricing at set tariffs, among other requirements. ......

Forerunning companies in the Indian edtech space have collectively formed a consortium named the India EdTech Consortium ("IEC") under the aegis of the Internet & Mobile Association of India ("IAMAI"). The members of the IEC have agreed to a self-regulatory mechanism that involves adherence to a common code of conduct ("Code"). ......