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Recently, the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) found Maruti Suzuki, a household name in the automobile industry guilty of anti-competitive practices. A penalty of Rs.200 crores, the maximum monetary sentence possible under the Competition Act, 2002 (“Act”) was imposed in conjunction with a cease-and-desist order injuncting Maruti from indulging in the anti-competitive practice. In this Article, […]
Unpacking South Korea’s Telecommunication Business Act and its Implications on In-App Payment Services by Tech Giants
Recently, the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) found Maruti Suzuki, a household name in the automobile industry guilty of anti-competitive practices. A penalty of Rs.200 crores, the maximum monetary sentence possible under the Competition Act, 2002 (“Act”) was imposed in conjunction with a cease-and-desist order injuncting Maruti from indulging in the anti-competitive practice. In this Article, […]
The Justified Notoriety of Facial Recognition Systems
The use of technologies allowing facial recognition might be regarded as the next logical step in systems where it promises efficiency. Imagine having seamless airport check-ins, reliable voter verification process1, easier identification of missing children2 and benefit of government schemes reaching to the ones in actual need3. Additionally, very recently, facial recognition technologies (“FRT”) have been […]
Overview of Data Center and its Localisation
Introduction With 1.4 billion people, India is the second-largest country by population and the fifth-largest economy globally, with nominal GDP equivalent to $2.6 Trillion. The majority of India’s economy comprises service-oriented industries with particular expertise in the IT services. Indeed, with a growing population and focus on IT services, India’s need for Data center infrastructure is becoming […]
Unpacking South Korea’s Telecommunication Business Act and its Implications on In-App Payment Services by Tech Giants
On 31st August 2021, South Korea became the first jurisdiction (globally) to legally ban the monopolies that companies such as Apple and Google hold over payments on in-app purchases. This is in terms of such companies receiving commissions from developers that charge in-app purchases that are hosted on the said companies’ app store(s). The country’s […]
Foreign Awards can be binding on non-signatories to Arbitration Agreement: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court (“SC”) in its judgment Gemini Bay Transcription Pvt Ltd. v. Integrated Sales Service Ltd. held that a foreign award can be binding on non-signatories to the arbitration agreement and cited Section 46 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act (“Act”) that deals with the conditions under which the foreign award is binding. The Court observed that Section 46 does not […]
Guidelines for development of e-Content for Children with Disability
The advent of the pandemic has heightened the important of digital technology. Almost everything can now be conducted online including schooling and education. To unify regulation related to digital education, PM eVIDYA was launched on 17th May 2020. Within the initiative, specific focus has been made on the development of e-content for children with disabilities […]
Vehicle Scrapping Policy Announced
Introduction Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on 13 August 2021, launched the New Automobile Scrappage Policy (Voluntary Vehicle Fleet Modernisation Programme). The Policy will be in effect from 1 April 2022, aimed at phasing out cars and commercial vehicles which are older than 20 or 15 years, respectively. The Policy incentivizes people to get rid of their old […]
The Chinese Personal Information Protection Law – A Stricter Version of EU’s GDPR (?)
Recently, the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China (“NPC”) passed a privacy law – The Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”), which falls in resemblance to European Union’s (“EU”) General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) in terms of its provisions. A draft of the laws been issued on two separate occasions (after subsequent amendments), the first version was […]
Digital Currency – Cash is no longer the King!
In layman terms, digital currency is any form of currency that is available exclusively in electronic form. Given the wide ambit of the definition, there are several forms of digital currency that exist. For example, recently, ‘cryptocurrency’ has gained traction. Cryptocurrency is nothing but a form of digital currency that is highly encrypted, stored on a peer-to-peer network and […]