India: Trials & Appeals & Compensation

As the world evolves, every economy is now making progress towards becoming a technology-driven economy and there is an ongoing debate to bring specific changes to the competition law for a technology-driven economy. The prevailing view, however, is that the existing Competition Act, 2002 (Competition Act) already reaches several technology-based claims, and major jurisdictions have stretched their competition statutes to cover platform conduct rather than wait for bespoke digital-market legislation.

In Home Box Office Inc & Ors. v. Streamzy.to & Ors. (CS(COMM) 740/2026, 2026:DHC:5967; order dated 27 July 2026), Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani granted an ad-interim injunction against a cluster of rogue streaming websites and, more significantly, refined the mechanism by which such injunctions are extended to the mirror, redirect and alphanumeric sites that predictably follow. The order’s contribution lies in a single, disciplined distinction: between the technical verification that an intermediary may perform, and the adjudicatory determination that belongs to the court alone.

Examination of fundamental right to rehabilitation for trafficking survivors, analyzing Victim Protection Plan’s seven-stage framework and constitutional foundations.

For nearly a decade, Crocs Inc. USA's fight against Indian footwear manufacturers over the shape of its rubber clog has wound its way through the Delhi High Court, and the story it tells is really about two very different kinds of intellectual property protection ageing very differently.

For nearly eight years, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) carried within it a quiet contradiction. On the one hand, it was designed to be a serious, time-bound, collective resolution mechanism and a creditor-driven process. On the other hand, it contained Section 12A, a provision that became one of the most strategically exploited exits in Indian commercial law.

The Supreme Court, in V. Sumitra Reddy & Anr. vs. K. Ranganadha Reddy & Ors. (2026 INSC 979) (‘Sumitra Reddy vs. Ranganadha Reddy‘), has held that once a partnership at will stands dissolved, the residue in the assets of the firm has to be valued as on the date those assets are actually realised, and not as on the date of dissolution, particularly where the continuing partners have gone on using the dissolved firm’s property for a reconstituted business instead of settling accounts with the outgoing partner.

The Hon’ble Supreme Court, in Parvinder Singh v. Directorate of Enforcement, 2026 SCC OnLine SC 903, has delivered an important judgment concerning the applicability of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (“BNSS”) to proceedings initiated by the Directorate of Enforcement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (“PMLA”).

The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2026 (Amendment) received Presidential assent on 18 August 2026. The Amendment restricts State Governments from levying taxes on mineral rights and mineral-bearing lands. It also brings the regulation of mineral-bearing lands containing minerals under Union control.

An analysis of the constitutional validity of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, examining Article 324, Section 21(3) of the Representation of the People Act, procedural safeguards and the Supreme Court’s decision in Association for Democratic Reforms v. ECI.