[Kriti Kabra is a fifth-year student at Gujarat National Law University. In this piece, the author interrogates the lack of compensation provisions under the new Digital Data Protection framework and how the omission has altered the role of the victim from a claimant to a mere complainant. The piece argues that the absence of a…
The Taxed Stake: How PROGA 2025 Creates a Paradox for In-Game NFTs and Play-to-Earn Tokens
[Alok Singh and Satvik Kapoor are third-year law students at Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. In this piece, the authors interrogate the statutory tension between the newly enacted Online Gaming Act, 2025, which criminalises in-game NFTs and play-to-earn tokens as “other stakes”, and the Income Tax Act, 2025, which simultaneously taxes these…
GCC’s Next Frontier: Governing AI, Data and Innovation through a National Framework
[Madhvendra Jha and Trayambak Pathak are third-year law students at Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. In this piece, the authors interrogate whether India’s fragmented regulatory architecture can effectively govern GCCs as they evolve from back-office service centres into AI-driven innovation hubs. The piece argues that India needs a unified National GCC Framework…
From Error to Misconduct: Locating Liability in AI-Assisted Advocacy
[Sara Singh is a third-year student at Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. In this piece, the author examines the legal and professional implications of using AI in court submissions, analysing recent Supreme Court precedents and the judiciary’s shift from treating unverified AI hallucinations as mere negligence to treating them as professional misconduct….
HOW MIRRORS ARE CAUSING A PERSONALITY CRISIS IN THE AGE OF AI DEEPFAKES
[Aviral Singhai is a fifth-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at the National Law Institute University, Bhopal. In this piece, the author interrogates the technological architecture behind AI-generated deepfakes and mirror websites and the challenges they pose for India’s legal framework. The piece argues that while existing laws provide some remedies against unlawful online content, they…
Digitally Existent, but Legally Absent? Examining the Digital Afterlife Industry under India’s Constitutional and Data Protection Framework
[Mohammed Ibrahim Faisal is a fourth-year law student at PES University. In this piece, the author examines the growing digital afterlife industry, where thanabots simulate the deceased using their lifetime personal data, and analyses whether India’s constitutional and data protection framework can accommodate postmortem privacy in this context. The piece argues that the extinguishment…
When Algorithms Feel Like Surveillance: Why Platforms Cannot Exploit Cognitive Bias While Hiding Behind Formalistic Consent
[Nehal Paliwal is a third-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at the National Law University, Jodhpur. In this piece, the author examines why users increasingly perceive algorithmically curated platforms as a form of surveillance. It attributes this perception to the exploitation of cognitive biases and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023’s failure to regulate inferred…
Priced by Design: Generative AI, Drip Pricing, and India’s Consumer Protection Gap
[Ishana Saraf is a second-year student at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law. In this piece, the author interrogates how generative AI shopping assistants contribute to drip pricing by generating hallucinated low-price estimates that fall outside the scope of India’s existing dark pattern regulations. The piece argues that RLHF-induced optimism bias in AI training, not…
The “Destruction Remedy” in AI: Can Courts Make Machines Forget?
[Vidhi Kawrani and Anisha Joshi are fourth-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) students at the Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. In this piece, the authors examine the growing reliance of courts and regulators on destruction and deletion-based remedies to address unlawful data use in generative AI systems. The piece argues that such remedies are structurally…
The Jurisdictional Shield in Indian Telecommunication Must Fall
[Ayan Anand Rath is a second-year student at Hidayatullah National Law University. In this piece, the author interrogates the regulatory failure underpinning the Indian telecom oligopoly, where incumbent operators weaponize jurisdictional fragmentation to transform TRAI’s technical expertise into a cartel shield. The piece argues that this shield can be shattered through a strategic reinterpretation of…