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In June 2020, the MEITY banned 59 mobile applications based out of China. Prateek Bagaria from Singularity Legal and Anirudh Rastogi from Ikigai Law discuss the possibility of a challenge against such action under India’s bilateral investment treaty with China.   I. Background 1. On 29 June, the Indian Ministry of Electronics and IT (“MEIT”) released aRead more

Recently, the Indian Government banned 59 Chinese mobile apps citing risks to the sovereignty and integrity of India. In this piece we examine whether India would be successful in invoking the national security exemption to justify the ban, in the (unlikely) event that China were to approach the WTO. Introduction Recently, the Indian Government bannedRead more

India enacted the Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act”) on 09 June 2000[1]. The IT Act is based on the UNCITRAL model law on e-commerce[2]. The preamble of the IT Act simply indicates that the Act is centred around affording legal recognition to transactions carried out electronically. However, the scope of the IT Act goesRead more

Over the past few years, there has been a substantial increase in parliamentary activity focused on technology related issues, especially in terms of parliamentary questions raised by Members of Parliament (“MPs”) in different sessions of Parliament of India. This was also true for the recently concluded budget session held in two phases from 31 JanuaryRead more

Contracts executed through electronic methods, such as WhatsApp, SMS, or email are valid and binding in India, as long as such contracts fulfill the requirements under the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (“Contract Act”). Per the Contract Act a valid and legally binding contract must have an offer, acceptance of such offer, be for legal consideration,Read more

This is a presentation on the interconnect between India’s Industry 4.0 opportunity and it’s data policy.

1. Preliminary Public stakeholder consultations allow non-governmental bodies like academic institutions, policy organisations, private companies and civil society organisations to participate in the government’s decision-making process. This makes the process comprehensive, transparent and inclusive. Conducting such stakeholder consultations sits at core of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (“TRAI”) responsibilities. Given the importance of theseRead more

1. Preliminary Transparent stakeholder consultations allow non-governmental bodies like academic institutions, policy organisations, private companies and civil society organisations to participate in the policy drafting process. This makes the policy more comprehensive, and the policy-making process more transparent and inclusive. Conducting such stakeholder consultations sits at core of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (“TRAI”)Read more

1. What is an AI stack? An AI stack is a reference model that lists all infrastructural components that are required to build, train, deploy and scale AI systems. An AI stack is essentially a ‘building’ made up a different ‘tech’ floors placed one over the other with each floor representing one kind of AIRead more

1. Introduction 1.1 The Union budget for 2020 was declared on 01 February 2020 by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. This was the second budget presented by the Narendra Modi government in its second term. The budget speech is available here and the key highlights of the budget are available here. This blog presents the keyRead more