Introduction Jurisdiction is the foundational question of any legal system: which authority has the power to make law, adjudicate disputes, and enforce decisions in a given situation? In physical space,
Introduction The proliferation of digital financial services in India has been one of the defining economic achievements of the past decade. The Unified Payments Interface, launched in 2016, processed over
Introduction The right to erasure, sometimes called the right to be forgotten, has occupied a central position in data protection discourse since the Court of Justice of the European Union
Introduction The regulation of social media intermediaries has been one of the most contentious legal developments in Indian cyberlaw in the present decade. The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital
Introduction Ransomware has emerged as the defining cybercrime challenge of the 2020s. Unlike earlier forms of cybercrime that targeted individual financial accounts or stole data for immediate monetisation, ransomware attacks
Introduction The governance of cybersecurity for critical information infrastructure (CII) sits at the uncomfortable intersection of national security imperatives, regulatory fragmentation, operational feasibility, and fundamental rights. India’s approach to this
Introduction The criminalisation of defamation is an anomaly in a legal system that otherwise treats the protection of reputation as a civil matter. In most liberal democracies, the remedy for
Introduction The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) represents India’s most consequential legislative intervention in data governance since the Information Technology Act of 2000. Receiving Presidential assent on
Introduction The admissibility of scientific evidence in criminal trials involves a disciplinary boundary crossing that the law has always managed imperfectly. A judge who is expert in the interpretation of
Introduction The migration of social life to digital platforms has created a new geography of harm. Bullying that once required physical proximity now reaches across cities and countries through a