On 22 April 2026, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ("MeitY") notified the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Rules, 2026 ("Rules"), which came into force on 1 May 2026. The Rules operationalise the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 ("PROGA" or the "Act"), India’s first central statute to comprehensively address the online gaming sector. The Rules follow a draft circulated by MeitY on 2 October 2025 for stakeholder consultation.

Use of AI tools in content creation is no longer limited to minor aspects of production. It has become an established part of the production ecosystem, with platforms now actively licensing and commissioning films and web series generated, in whole or in part, using AI. This shift has brought a set of intellectual property questions into sharp commercial focus: who owns AI-generated content, and how can a creator credibly represent that it does not infringe third-party rights

On February 10, 2026, the Government of India through the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) introduced amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021 (“IT Rules”), effective from February 20, 2026 (“Amendments”) to regulate synthetically generated information (“SGI”) online, and tighten takedown and grievance redressal timelines for intermediary platforms, amongst others.i Noncompliance wi

Surprise new act causes market chaos and casts a chill of uncertainty over real money. On August 22, 2025, the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 (“Act”) received Presidential assent in India, paving the way for its notification as law. The Act was introduced by the Central Government through the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”), the nodal ministry in charge of online gaming in India.

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 20231 (“Act”) and Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 20252 (“Rules”) are a response to the need for a comprehensive data protection framework in India. In 2017, the Supreme Court of India recognized the right to privacy as a part of the fundamental right to life and personal liberty, setting into motion the process of drawing up a data protection framework.3 From there on, several iterations of a draft framework were drawn up by

On October 22, 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) released draft amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“Intermediary Rules”) (“Draft Amendments”) to address the harms posed by synthetically generated information (“SGI”) As per the Explanatory Note to the Draft Amendments, the intent is to regulate deepfake content, misinformation, and other unlawful content capable of m