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Introduction : “Many of us believe in the soul. Moral rights of the artist are the soul of his work’’ When it comes to the rights of an artist in terms of his creation, various speculations arise. Whether the law only protects its economic and materialistic rights or the concept of dignity, morals, and emotional connection of the artist to his artistic work counts. In the case of Amarnath Sehgal V. Union of India, this issue arose, and this case became one of the landmark ca

Introduction : In the process of a company developing an AI product, the software that actually brings the product to market is often not the training code or paper outlining the architecture. A good team can reconstruct, publish or copy both of those within a couple of weeks. The trained weights themselves, the numerical parameters derived from weeks or months of compute, curated data and iterative tuning, are something that can't be reproduced without massive expenses. Give

Introduction : On 10 February 2026, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) announced the Information Technology (Intermediates Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2026, which introduce a new category - ‘Synthetically Generated Information’ (SGI), effective from 20 February 2026. No law in India, for the first time, explicitly classifies AI generated and AI altered AVC as a separate compliance category that imposes unique due dili

Introduction : The construction and infrastructure industry has long-term contracts, which involve a staggered delivery of goods/services and payments made against such delivery. Milestone billing is sometimes used as a method of payment which means that payments are due upon the completion of specific stages of the work such as foundation, superstructure, systems installation, completion and handing over the project for use by the employer. While this is good for ensuring th

Introduction : Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has been a promising technology of India’s digital economy for years. Be it a roadside peddler/vendor or a large retailer, it has made digital payments instant and without a visible transaction fee. The “free” payment system often raises an economic question: who pays for the infrastructure that makes such transactions free? The question suddenly becomes relevant because from 15th October 2026, a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) of

Introduction : Section 42 of the Companies Act 2013 defines private placement and provides provisions for issue of shares on private placement basis. Section 42(7) of the Act prohibits the company issuing securities from using public advertisements, media, marketing or distribution channels or agents to inform the public at large about the private placement issue. Section 42(10) imposes a penalty on the company, its directors and promoters for contravention of the Section 42.

Introduction : In a special leave petition filed regarding the rejection of a patent application for an invention which its inventor claims to be a process for improving human capabilities by integrating with artificial intelligence, Senior Advocate Swathi Sukumar was appointed as the amicus curiae in the Supreme Court of India on July 21, 2026 (Caleb Suresh Motupalli v. Controller of Patents). The application, which became known to the Controller of Patents as a device and

Introduction : A useful starting point for an inquiry is a company’s shareholder register. It is well established in the corporate and financial crime practice that legal or registered ownership frequently diverges from beneficial ownership which is the identity of a natural person who ultimately owns or controls an entity, where the legal or registered ownership is in another person’s or another entity’s name. A corporate structure can often be complicated with layers of com

Introduction : Biometric technology has moved from being experimental to actual implementations with fingerprint scanners at entrance to workplaces, facial recognition at airports and iris scans in governmental social services. The reason is simple: biometric traits are simple to implement, recognizable and difficult to fake. However, the same reasons that make biometrics appealing are the ones that turn them into a danger. Unlike passwords or smart cards, once biometric temp

Introduction : Commercial disputes are increasingly being decided by the messages exchanged on collaboration tools, the version histories of shared documents, the access logs recording who viewed or edited a file, and the audit trails of the platforms recording each administrative action. Yet the very attributes that lend these evidence value in disputes – their volume, dispersion and potential storage on servers in any jurisdiction – also render them legally precarious. This

Introduction : UI/UX is not just a design, it is a product identity. It is the most important part of a “product” in the digital economy. Why? In a fintech app, trust can be gained easily but lost at the interface as it is dependent on KYC flow, clear prompts, and predictable screens are the variables in the happening of a payment or an exit. In cases of E-commerce, UI/UX has to be clear with their screening and the designs. Whether the consumer will be stuck in a browsing lo

Introduction : The Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design ("SICLD") Act of 2000 is a statutory legislation in India aimed at protecting the intellectual property in the design of the layout for the semiconductor chips. The SICLD Act was enacted to enable India to be in accordance with the TRIPS Agreement (Articles 35-38) that calls for the legal protection of the integrated circuit (IC) topographies. It provides the legal right of an innovator to claim the protection