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C&M E-Alert: AI, COMPETITION, AND COMPLIANCE IN INDIA: INSIGHTS FROM THE CCI’S MARKET STUDY
WHAT HAS HAPPENED? On October 6, 2025, the Competition Commission of India ( CCI ) released its market study report on ‘Artificial...

Karan Singh Chandhiok
Oct 7, 20255 min read


Your Rights and Duties as a Data Principal
The DPDP Rules are no longer on the horizon - they’re about to land. In our recent emailers in the Inbox Series, we explored the...

Shreya Gupta
Sep 30, 20258 min read


C&M E-Alert: The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025
Now enacted as the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 (the “Act” ), the law was notified on August 22, 2025, following an expedited 96 hour passage through Parliament. The Act establishes a national framework that formally recognises E-Sports and Online Social Games while imposing a blanket ban on Online Money Games (including skill-based online games), alongside restrictions on advertising and payment facilitation for such Online Money Games. The scope of th

Shreya Gupta
Sep 29, 20254 min read


Privacy Law & Order: Inbox Series – The evolving responsibilities of Data Processors
“In today’s series – the evolving responsibilities of Data Processors” As India’s data protection regime takes shape under the Digital...

Shreya Gupta
Sep 27, 202510 min read


FAQs: Your Obligations as a Data Fiduciary
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“ Act ”) sets out a modern accountability-based framework for handling digital personal...

Shreya Gupta
Sep 23, 20259 min read


C&M E-Alert: MCA Expands Fast-Track Mergers
WHAT IS THE AMENDMENT? The Ministry of Corporate Affairs ( MCA ) has notified the Companies (Compromises, Arrangements, and...

Shafaq Uraizee Sapre
Sep 12, 20253 min read


C&M E-Alert: Impact on MRP due to the recent GST rate revisions
In its latest meeting held on 03 September 2025, the GST Council, India’s apex institution for GST policy formulation, recommended a...

Mitesh Shah
Sep 5, 20252 min read


C&M E-Alert: The Delhi High Court on AI and Deepfakes: Evolving Standards for Protecting Individual Persona
INTRODUCTION The intersection of artificial intelligence, deepfake technology, and individual identity frequently throws up complex legal...

Rahul Narayan
Aug 14, 20253 min read


C&M E-ALERT: Standing Committee on Finance tabled the Report on the ‘Evolving Role of Competition Commission of India in the Economy, particularly the Digital Landscape’
Six Years In, and Still No Finish Line: The Road Ahead for Ex-Ante Regulation in Digital Markets On 11 August 2025, the Standing...

Karan Singh Chandhiok
Aug 13, 20251 min read


C&M E-Alert: RBI Release Draft Direction On “Digital Banking Channels Authorisation”, 2025
OBJECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a press release on July 21, 2025, containing draft circular on the...

Bhargesh Ojha
Jul 29, 20254 min read


C&M E-Alert: Navigating the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023: A Business Guide to Consent Management
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has released a Business Requirement Document for a Consent Management System (“...

Shreya Gupta
Jul 23, 20257 min read


C&M E-ALERT: REASSESSING POWER OF ATTORNEY IN PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS: SUPREME COURT CALLS FOR LARGER BENCH
The Supreme Court, in a significant decision, [1] revisited the legal standards governing Power of Attorney ( PoA )-based property...

Vikram Sobti
Jul 22, 20253 min read


C&M E-Alert: RBI: Prepayment Charges on Loans imposed by Regulated Entities Directions, 2025
The Reserve Bank of India (“ RBI ”) has issued the Prepayment Charges on Loans Directions, 2025 on July 2, 2025 (“ Directions ”), which...

Bhargesh Ojha
Jul 11, 20254 min read


TMT Wrap-up June 2025
The June 2025 TMT News Wrap provides a detailed overview of global developments in technology, media, and telecommunications, focusing on...

Shreya Gupta
Jul 7, 20251 min read


C&M E-Alert: Guidelines for the Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Electric Passenger Cars in India (SPMEPCI)
The Ministry of Heavy Industries (“ MHI ”) has, on June 24, 2025, issued a notice [1] (“ Invitation Notice ”) to officially invite...

Shafaq Uraizee Sapre
Jun 24, 202511 min read


TMT Wrap up - May 2025
The May edition of our TMT news wrap offers a comprehensive view of key global developments across the technology, media, and telecom...

Shreya Gupta
Jun 9, 20251 min read


C&M E-Alert: RBI PROPOSES TO SIMPLIFY KYC RELATED COMPLIANCES
The Reserve Bank of India (“ RBI ”) has on 23rd May 2025 issued two press releases in context of the following draft circulars: A draft...

Bhargesh Ojha
Jun 3, 20253 min read


C&M E-Alert: RBI Releases Draft Directions on Investments by Regulated Entities in Alternate Investment Funds
On May 19, 2025, the Reserve Bank of India (“ RBI ”) released Draft Directions on Investment by Regulated Entities in Alternate...

Mitesh Shah
May 28, 20253 min read


C&M E-Alert: Draft Rules on the Use of Low Power and Very Low Power Wireless Access System including Radio Local Area Network in Lower 6 GHz band (Exemption from Licensing Requirement)
Legal Updates WHAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT? On 16 May 2025, the Ministry of Communications notified the draft of the ‘Use of Low Power and...

Sujoy Bhatia
May 26, 20252 min read


C&M E-ALERT: CCI updates its FAQs on merger control
Recent legislative amendments gave statutory recognition to the CCI’s practice of using “material influence” as the standard for control....

Karan Singh Chandhiok
May 21, 20254 min read
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