India: IT and Internet

India's digital economy faces transformative regulatory developments as CERT-In introduces AI-focused cybersecurity blueprints, ASCI proposes labeling standards for AI-generated advertising content...

The Indian online gaming industry has grown at a pace that has always surpassed the legal framework meant to regulate it. For years, the void was filled with a complex web of state level regulations, court decisions...

India's Draft Second Amendment to the IT Rules, 2026 represents a structural shift in digital intermediary regulation, moving beyond the targeted AI-focused First Amendment to establish a comprehensive compliance framework.

Two landmark US courts’ verdicts in March 2026 may signal a shift in the law relating to platform liability.

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (‘DPDPA’) and the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (‘Rules’) have been published in the Gazette in November 2025.

The regulatory framework governing gaming in India has long been marked by regulatory uncertainty characterised by inconsistent state legislation and evolving jurisprudence. Historically, Indian gaming jurisprudence drew a sharp distinction between games of skill and games of chance, with Courts repeatedly holding that skill-dominant games such as rummy and certain formats of poker could not be equated with gambling, thereby granting them constitutional protection under Article 19(1)(g).

The Ministry of Communications has introduced new rules exempting low power wireless equipment operating in the 5925-6425 MHz frequency band from licensing requirements.

The Jharkhand High Court has delivered a landmark judgment addressing the State's two-decade failure to operationalize the statutory office of the Adjudicating Officer under the Information Technology Act, 2000.

On April 22, 2026, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) notified the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 (“PROGA”) and its underlying rules (“PROGA Rules”), constituted the Online Gaming Authority of India (“Gaming Authority”) and granted powers of investigation to the cyber cell officers to investigate offences under PROGA.