February 2025

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Necessity to arrest and Interpretation of section 19 of PMLA

/ White Collar Crimes, Blog, Featured Posts /

Introduction  Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has generated significant controversy, particularly in the wake of the arrest of Mr. Arvind Kejriwal. This provision empowers officers of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to arrest individuals if, based on material in their possession, they have a “reason to believe”—with the reasons recorded in […]

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CYBERSQUATTING: DIGITAL INDIA AND GLOBAL POLICY

/ Featured Posts, Blog, Law and Policy, Web3 /

Introduction On August 28, 2024, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) greenlit an $8.5 billion merger between Reliance’s Viacom 18 and Walt Disney’s Star India media assets, an agreement pending for over six months. The hurdle came to light when, halfway through this deal, a Delhi-based developer had earlier anticipated the possible merger and registered

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Bridging Regulatory Gaps for PwDs in Data Protection Rules 2025

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Introduction The much awaited draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025 (“DPDP Rules”) have been finally released for public consultation by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MEITY”). There are several issues lawyers and activists are flagging on the implementation and clarity of specific rules read with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023

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Advertising Games of Chance: Legislative Gaps in India’s Gambling Laws

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Introduction From its very first mention in the oldest text in the Indic civilization, the concept of gambling has been looked upon as one that swallows people into the throw of dice, ruining not just their lives but the lives of those around them. Modern India has since then continued the stigmatization of the vice.

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