Information technology, cyber and data protection law
This area concerns legal problems that arise online and in the technology business: money lost to cyber fraud, bank accounts frozen during police investigations, harmful content posted online, disputes over software and IT services, and the handling of personal data under India's data protection law.
The practice covers
- Bank accounts frozen or placed on hold during cyber-fraud investigations
- Complaints and recovery steps after online financial fraud
- Deepfakes, impersonation and defamatory content online: takedown and court remedies
- Disputes over software, website, app and IT services contracts, including unpaid invoices
- Software, SaaS and IT services agreements, non-disclosure agreements and assignment of intellectual property
- Compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act: privacy notices, consent and contracts with service providers
- Claims for compensation under the Information Technology Act
Laws most often involved
- Information Technology Act, 2000 and the rules made under it
- Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
- Indian Contract Act, 1872
- Copyright Act, 1957
Where such matters are heard
- Magistrates' courts and Sessions Courts
- High Court of Bombay
- Adjudicating Officer under the Information Technology Act
- Civil and commercial courts, and arbitral tribunals
Courts at Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane.
Further reading
Explanatory articles by the advocate on juristco.com, an educational legal library:
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