India Law and Tech Blog


"There is no term except revolution to describe the cataclysmic change in the legal and regulatory framework governing the technology and communication sectors in the past 15 years. Everyday policy and law attempts to adapt itself to rapid changes in information technology, telecom, broadcasting and cable Services. The India Law and Tech Blog contains news and opinion pieces on these subjects which appear to be in a state of constant flux."

Author: Apar Gupta is an attorney licensed to practice in India and the author of Commentary on Information Technology Act.

Blawg Related Categories: Internet Law • Media & Communications Law • Science & Technology Law • International • Asia • India

Recent Posts from India Law and Tech Blog


  • BSNL v. BPL Mobile Cellular: lemonade out of lemons

    Adjudicating on an appeal filed by BSNL (the state telecommunication provider), the Supreme Court in the case of BSNL v. BPL Mobile Cellular (Per Sinha, J.) (2008) 13 SCC 597 addressed the applicability of internal…

  • Important ruling on the taxation of foreign companies carrying calls abroad

    The authority for advance rulings in an application filed under section 245Q(1) of the income tax act, 1961 by the Cable & Wireless Networks India Private Limited has held that since, (a) the payments made…

  • Radio Interference: Music Broadcast Pvt. v. Union of India

    Throughout the annals of precedent there are catenas of cases which are ignored. Their insignificance arises from the common restatements which they contain rather than the novel propositions they advance. The TDSAT decision in Music…

  • Tata Nano : melting perception, not ice cream

    The Bajaj Chetak remains a symbol of Indian middle class aspirations. In the absence of adequate public transportation services the two stroke scooter remained an affordable way of transport for decades. A similar sentiment seems…

  • Two’s Company : TDSAT’s Dual Spectrum Judgment

    On 31st March, 2009 the Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) pronounced judgment in the case of the Cellular Operators Association of India & Others v. Union of India and Others (Petition No. 286/2007).…

  • A broader implementation of human readable contracts

    The success and popularity of the creative commons license is symptomatic of the growing sentiment of internet users and authors against the expansionary nature of intellectual property law. The creative commons license allows the authors…

  • Article on Patent Law

    Recently I was interviewed for an article, published in a I.T. Magazine titled, “Are Patents Blocking Indian Tech Innovation?”, interested readers can find the article on the following link.

  • Talk on the empirical examination of business outsourcing transactions

    Today I attended an interesting workshop on a paper by Prof. George S. Geis on business outsourcing contracts as part of the ongoing Law and Economics workshop series. At the very beginning Prof. Gies noted…

  • Two Acts, One Trick

    Within hours of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, news channels were making comparisons of the attacks to the terror strike on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The invented coinage, “India’s 9/11” gained…

  • The Folly of Convention

    TRAI recently issued a consultation paper on Media Ownership where it was concerned with the increase in cross-ownership and reduction in media plurality. After some research I came across several FCC commissioned studies which concluded…