Vikram Jeet Singh
Third Time's the Charm? Unpacking the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022
Vikram Jeet Singh and Prashant Daga [This article is the first in a two-part series on the subject] Ever since the Indian Supreme Court...
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Vikram Jeet Singh
- Nov 24
- 5 min
‘Lessons Learned’ in Data Regulation: A first look at India’s new Data Privacy Bill
Vikram Jeet Singh Last week India released a new draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (“2022 Bill”). The 2022 Bill follows a...
Prashant Mara
- Nov 21
- 3 min
Investing for Impact: An Overview of the Indian Landscape
Prashant Mara, Devina Deshpande, Nandita Gopalan Companies the world over are increasingly being judged on their sustainability or ‘ESG’...
Vikram Jeet Singh
- Nov 19
- 1 min
India's draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 released today
(Vikram Jeet Singh, Kalindhi Bhatia & Prashant Data) In the latest twist in the data privacy saga in India, the Ministry of Electronics...
Vikram Jeet Singh
- Nov 8
- 4 min
How India's new draft telecom law may impact data privacy?
India moved to overhaul its ageing telecommunications laws in late September 2022, by releasing a new draft Telecommunications Bill, 2022...
Aishwarya Kaushiq
- Nov 8
- 4 min
Can non-signatories to an arbitration agreement be compelled to participate in an arbitration?
Aishwarya Kaushiq and Pranav Wahi Standard Position - De facto parties in arbitration Arbitration is a consensual submission to a dispute...
Prashant Mara
- Nov 8
- 3 min
Anti-bribery and corruption in defence procurement: Risks and mitigation measures
Prashant Mara and Devina Narvekar The defence sector the world over struggles to find a balance between the secrecy linked to national...
Prashant Mara
- Nov 4
- 3 min
Corporate fraud and liability
Guidance note on action items once fraud is detected (Prashant Mara and Devina Narvekar) An investigation into alleged fraud can expose a...
Vikram Jeet Singh
- Oct 31
- 2 min
2022 Intermediary Rules amendment
You will remember that India issued a new set of intermediary safe harbour rules in mid-2021. These rules, inter alia, required certain...
Arjun Paleri
- Oct 18
- 3 min
Implementation of DE&I: Legal position in India
(Arjun Paleri & Jaya Ramachandran) With many companies consciously focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion (“DE&I”) practices like...
Kalindhi Bhatia
- Oct 13
- 5 min
NFTs in India – Where do they fit in?
NFTs are tokens that represent ownership of rights in underlying digital content, which is recorded on a blockchain. While...
Kalindhi Bhatia
- Oct 13
- 4 min
An Introduction of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), their legal frameworks and Copyright ownership
What are Non-Fungible Tokens (“NFTs”) NFTs in recent times have gained a tremendous amount of attention along with the evolution and fame...
Vikram Jeet Singh
- Oct 12
- 3 min
Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Regulation Ordinance
(Vikram Jeet Singh & Prashant Daga) We bring you the latest chapter in the ongoing struggle around regulating online gaming and ‘Real...
Parveen Arora
- Oct 7
- 5 min
German Supply Chain Act: What supply chain entities in Germany and India should know
(Parveen Arora, Nandita Gopalan & Tanmay Verma) A background to Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz – the German Supply Chain Act In the...
Parveen Arora
- Sep 27
- 6 min
India and Green Bonds: Where We Are
(Parveen Arora & Shloka Vaidialingam) Earlier this year in February 2022, the Indian Finance Minister announced the prospective issue of...
Arjun Paleri
- Sep 26
- 3 min
What is DE&I? Why it matters?
(Arjun Paleri and Jaya Ramachandran) What is Diversity? Most of us know that diversity describes the wide variety of differences between...
Xerxes Antia
- Sep 15
- 4 min
Crack in the Shell – MCA to physically verify existence of Companies
(Xerxes Antia, Sheel Ghia & Arbaaz Maniyar) Introduction and Background: The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“MCA”) has been trying to...
Parveen Arora
- Sep 1
- 2 min
Legal assessment of Agriphotovoltaics (AgriPV) in Maharashtra and Karnataka, India
Parveen Arora and Suruchi Kotoky Context BTG Legal was commissioned by Indo-German Energy Forum Support Office (IGEF-SO) [c/o Deutsche...
Nayantara Sanyal
- Aug 22
- 5 min
Inventions by Artificial Intelligence: Patentable or Not?
(Nayantara Sanyal and Simran Lobo) As per Section 6 of The Patents Act, an application for a patent can be made by any person claiming to...
Vikram Jeet Singh
- Aug 17
- 4 min
India’s Data Privacy Bill Withdrawn: Why did this happen, and what happens next?
Like the flying car or the new ‘Game of Thrones’ novel, India’s new data privacy law had been described as being ‘almost ready’ and ‘a...
Prashant Mara
- Aug 12
- 4 min
India: Officers' Liability under FCPA and UKBA – Risks in your overseas operations
Prashant Mara and Devina Deshpande In February 2019, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (“Cognizant”) agreed to pay USD 25...
Prashant Mara
- Aug 10
- 4 min
Writs against non-state entities in India – pushing the boundary
Prashant Mara & Pranav Wahi It is well settled law that remedies under writ jurisdiction, intended to secure the performance of public or...
Vikram Jeet Singh
- Aug 4
- 2 min
Indian Government withdraws Data Protection Bill
Yesterday the Indian Government officially withdrew the draft Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 (“Bill”) from Parliament. Sometimes...
Aishwarya Kaushiq
- Jul 27
- 6 min
The ‘actual knowledge’ conundrum – Proposed amendments to Indian Intermediary Safe Harbour Rules
(Aishwarya Kaushiq & Prashant Daga) The Internet as we know it today owes its existence to a rule that was crystallized in the mid-90s,...