Publications

Every modern organization runs on personal data. It shapes sales, hiring, marketing, product development, risk management, cybersecurity, vendor relationships, and customer trust. Yet many leaders underestimate what happens once privacy obligations become urgent: compliance is not a discrete legal task, but an organization-wide operating system.  A privacy program touches technology, people, policies, processes, vendors, security […]

For over a decade, India’s e-commerce story has rested on a simple premise: platforms connect buyers and sellers, while data fuels efficiency, personalisation, and scale. However, as the market matured, its structure has revealed a growing imbalance. E-commerce platforms, especially marketplace entities, provide an unmatched venue and access to large consumer bases, but they also

Last week, President Donald Trump made a bold pivot that reshaped the global energy debate. Faced with high diesel prices at home, weeks before the US mid-term elections, he turned to President Vladimir Putin. Russia agreed to supply more than 300,000 tonnes of diesel immediately to the American and global markets, with supplies rising to

Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA), a privacy notice must do more than meet statutory disclosure requirements. It must communicate clearly enough for a data principal to understand how their personal data will be used and make a genuinely informed decision about consent. Yet a peculiar irony lies in how most organisations

This article has been authored by our Founder and Managing Partner, Mohit Saraf, has been published by The Economic Times.  On Wednesday, Narendra Modi called Donald Trump to discuss matters on trade, energy and defence. He also reportedly highlighted India’s concerns over Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act 2026. Trump signed the sanctions

An article titled “Emerging Architecture of Accountability for AI in India’s Financial Sector: Examining RBI’s Draft Guidance on Model Risk Management” co-authored by Senior Partner, Vaibhav Kakkar, and Principal Associate, Gangesh Varma has been published by BW Legal. Whether a bank uses a cutting-edge neural network or a twenty-year-old Excel spreadsheet to reject your loan,

An article titled “From Freefall to Framework: The RBI’s Bold Bet on Reviving PPIs” co-authored by Partner, Sahil Arora, and Associate, Ishaan Gupta has been published by Bar and Bench. Not long ago, industry payments data painted a grim picture – the prepaid payment instrument (PPI) industry was in freefall, with mobile wallets haemorrhaging users,

An article titled “The Consent Manager Mirage: Why DPDPA’s Framework Will Fail on the Ground” authored by our Partner, Akshayy S Nanda, has been published by BW Legal. When Parliament created the ‘Consent Manager’ framework under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA), it was aiming for an elegant, citizen‑centric solution. The idea was

An article titled “MeitY’s Deepfake Clampdown: short, sharp and suddenly real” co-authored by our Principal Associate, Gangesh Varma, and Associate, Srija Naskar, has been published by Voice&Data. On February 10, 2026, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) gave legal form to a policy conversation that’s been gaining urgency for more than a year: deepfakes and