India: Cybersecurity

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.

On May 25, 2026, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (“CERT-In”) issued the ‘Blueprint for Reducing Exposure and Defending against AI-Assisted Vulnerabilities Exploitation in Digital Infrastructure’ (“Blueprint“).

On 26 April 2026, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued an advisory titled, “Defending Against Frontier AI Driven Cyber Risks” (Advisory), categorised as high severity. While framed as an advisory, it reflects a clear regulatory shift. Artificial Intelligence (AI) incident preparedness is no longer a matter of best practice, it is increasingly a baseline compliance expectation against which organisational readiness may be assessed.

The GIFT International Financial Services Centre ("GIFT IFSC"), established in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, is India's first international financial services centre with the intent of catering to global...

On December 24, 2025, the Hon'ble Delhi High Court passed a judgement in Dabur India Limited v. Ashok Kumar & Ors. [CS (COMM) 135/2022] delivered by Hon'ble Justice Prathiba M. Singh, which has set new precedents governing the liability of domain name registrars and related digital service providers as well as treats large scale misuse of well-known marks in domain names as a systemic cyber fraud.

Electricity (Amendment) Rules, 2026: key amendments to captive generating power plant requirements.

On 22 January 2026, Ikigai Law, in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)...

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With the rapid growth of digital payments in India, safeguarding transactions has become one of our top priorities. On September 25, 2025, the Reserve Bank of India...