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Software licensing, SaaS contracts, e-commerce regulation, gaming-law opinions on real-money skill gaming, OTT and broadcasting compliance and digital-platform safe-harbour analysis.
Technology, media and telecom practice covers the regulatory and contractual issues that arise across software, online services, e-commerce, online gaming, OTT broadcasting and telecom. The principal statutes are the Information Technology Act, 2000 (and the Rules thereunder), the DPDP Act, 2023, the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 and a body of state-level gaming statutes.
Software licensing, SaaS subscription terms, MSAs, SLAs and end-user agreements.
Marketplace structure, Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, FDI in e-commerce.
Real-money skill gaming opinions, state-law analysis, online-gaming intermediary compliance.
OTT regulation, Cinematograph Act, Cable TV Networks Regulation, IT Rules 2021 Part III.
SaaS contracts are negotiated against an Indian-law backdrop that does not yet include software-specific statutes — the work proceeds under the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the IT Act, 2000 and the DPDP Act, 2023. The firm drafts MSAs, SOWs, SLAs, end-user agreements and data-processing addenda for both vendor-side and customer-side mandates.
E-commerce in India is regulated by the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020, the FDI policy on e-commerce (single-brand vs marketplace vs inventory model), the FEMA NDI Rules and the IT Act intermediary safe-harbour framework. The firm advises on platform structuring, terms-of-service drafting, returns and refunds policy, and Press Note 3 (2020) considerations.
Real-money skill gaming sits at the intersection of central law (the Public Gambling Act, 1867 framework, the IT Rules 2023 amendments on online gaming) and state law (each state has its own gaming statute or amendment, with significant variation). The firm provides opinions on game-of-skill vs game-of-chance classification, intermediary registration under the IT Rules 2023, and state-by-state operability.
OTT broadcasting is regulated by the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. Traditional broadcasting falls under the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 and the broadcasting code. Cinematographic exhibition is regulated by the Cinematograph Act, 1952. The firm advises on certification, content-classification and the parallel state-level public-exhibition frameworks.