India: Data Protection

India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 introduces specific safeguards for processing children's personal data, requiring verifiable parental consent and restricting tracking, behavioural monitoring, and targeted advertising. With substantive provisions scheduled to commence in May 2027, businesses operating educational platforms, gaming companies, healthcare providers, and family-focused applications must examine their products, consent mechanisms, technology infrastructure, and internal governa

India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 introduces specific obligations for organisations processing children's personal data, including verifiable parental consent and restrictions on tracking, behavioural monitoring and targeted advertising. Businesses handling children's information should use the transition period to redesign their systems, contracts, consent mechanisms and governance arrangements.

The “Investing in India” programme is curated for existing and prospective foreign investors and their advisors to enhance their understanding of key issues when doing business in India.

Indian courts recognize that confidential business information is protectable where it is specific, commercially valuable and shared in circumstances of confidence. For start-ups and fast-growing FMCG businesses, where management bandwidth is directed towards brand-building, distribution and customer acquisition, data protection is often deferred. This article examines what makes company data vulnerable, what courts protect in data disputes, and how businesses can embed litigation-readiness into their data

The Delhi High Court's landmark interim order in ANI v. OpenAI examines whether AI training on copyrighted news content constitutes infringement under Indian law, addressing jurisdictional challenges, fair dealing defenses...

Argus Partners maintains multiple office locations to serve clients across different regions. The firm operates under strict Bar Council of India guidelines that prohibit solicitation and advertising, ensuring all client interactions are initiated independently and comply with professional legal standards.

The judgment consolidates many petitions filed by individuals with varied backgrounds, including persons who have been acquitted of criminal charges, parties to matrimonial disputes, individuals whose names appeared incidentally in judicial records, amongst others

Broadly, GCCs in India may be categorised into two segments: (i) entities that have been operating in India for several years, in some cases for over a decade; and (ii) entities that have recently established or are in the process of establishing operations in India.

India has emerged as one of the world’s leading destinations for Global Capability Centres (GCCs), with multinational corporations increasingly establishing captive centres to manage global operations, technology development, research and development, finance, legal support, data analytics and business process management functions.