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From Statute To Structure: Operationalising India's Sports Governance Architecture

On 22 May 2026, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Department of Sports (MoYAS), notified two sets of rules under the National Sports Governance Act, 2025 (NSG Act): (i) the National Sports Governance (National Sports Board) Rules, 2026 (NSB Rules) vide G.S.R. 404(E); and (ii) the National Sports Governance (National Sports Tribunal) Rules, 2026 (NST Rules) vide G.S.R. 405(E) (collectively, “Rules”). Both were published in the Official Gazette on 25 May 2026 and came into force on the date of publication.

India Media & IT

KC

Khaitan & Co LLP

Game, Set & Match Monthly – May 2026

Explore the latest legal, regulatory, and industry updates shaping the sports and gaming landscape in India and globally. This comprehensive monthly briefing examines emerging technologies' impact on gaming laws, landmark sports law rulings, and international trends defining the future of these rapidly evolving industries.

India Media & IT

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DSK Legal

Supreme Court Holds That Misdeclaration Is Distinct From Gaming And Does Not Require Proof Of Mens Rea Or Illegal Profiteering

The Supreme Court of India, through its judgment dated 20.05.2026 in the matter of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited v. Talwandi Sabo Power Limited & Ors., allowed the appeals filed by Punjab State Load Despatch Centre (“PSLDC”) and Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (“PSPCL”).

India Media & IT

Sagus Legal

5G Network Slicing And The Net Neutrality Gap: What India’s Regulatory Framework Does Not Cover

Airtel’s Priority Postpaid launch in May 2026 has put a long-dormant regulatory question on the table. Does India’s net neutrality framework prohibit subscriber-tier-based differentiation of 5G network capacity...

India Media & IT

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

ASCI Issues Draft Guidelines For Responsible Labelling Of AI-Generated Content In Advertising

India Media & IT

KC

Khaitan & Co LLP

Kerala High Court Clarifies Limits Of Intermediary Liability And Writ Jurisdiction In Online Defamation Cases

India Media & IT

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

AI In Advertising: ASCI’s New Draft Disclosure Guidelines

India Media & IT

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Luxury Fashion And India’s Sizing Reset

India Media & IT

RS

Remfry & Sagar

Promotion And Regulation Of Online Gaming Rules, 2026

India Media & IT

AP

Argus Partners

Gaming The Constitution: Arbitrary Drafting, Executive Overreach, And Constitutional Pitfalls Of The Online Gaming Act, 2025

India Media & IT

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

The Promotion And Regulation Of Online Gaming Rules, 2026: Collapse Of The Skill-chance Distinction

India Media & IT

Fox & Mandal

Telecom Meets Space: Navigating India’s New Legal Architecture For Satellite Communications

India Media & IT

SA

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

The Promotion And Regulation Of Online Gaming Rules, 2026 – A New Regulatory Architecture For India’s Online Gaming Ecosystem

India Media & IT

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LexCounsel Law Offices

New Rules Of The Game: India’s Online Gaming Regulatory Framework Takes Effect

India Media & IT

AP

AZB & Partners

Pre-IPO Due Diligence And The Role Of Subject-Expert Independent Directors

India Commercial

LegaLogic

Group Governance Framework: An Imperative For Today

India Commercial

CP

Corporate Professionals

Aircraft Leasing Business In GIFT City: Implementation Of The TCSP And SPV Framework

India Commercial

TC

Tuli & Co

F&M - Dispute Resolution & ADR - Highlights 2025

India Litigation

Fox & Mandal

Gambling Laws And Regulations India 2026

India Media & IT

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Aarna Law

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IT and Internet

Beyond Enforcement: Building A Proactive IP Defense Strategy For The Digital Economy

The global intellectual property landscape is undergoing a fundamental transformation as traditional enforcement mechanisms prove inadequate against the speed and scale of digital infringement.

DP

De Penning & De Penning

Dark Patterns In Ed-Tech: CCPA Imposes Penalty On PhysicsWallah

India's Central Consumer Protection Authority has penalized PhysicsWallah Limited Rs. 5 lakh for deploying manipulative interface designs including pre-selected donation checkboxes, emotionally coercive messaging, and forced data collection...

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

AI Regulation In India: Emerging Compliance Themes

India is well-positioned to capitalise on the growth and transformative potential of artificial intelligence ("AI"). With over six million people employed across the technology and AI ecosystem, over USD 1.1 billion in proposed Government investment, and a projected economic contribution of USD 1.7 trillion by 2035, India is poised to become a key driver in the global AI economy.

India Technology

TC

Tuli & Co

ASCI Issues Draft Guidelines For Responsible Labelling Of AI-Generated Content In Advertising

India Media & IT

KC

Khaitan & Co LLP

AI In Advertising: ASCI’s New Draft Disclosure Guidelines

India Media & IT

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

India's New Frontier In Digital Content And AI Regulation: Navigating The Synthetically Generated Information Regulation Under The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines And Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2026

India Technology

LegaLogic

Kerala High Court Clarifies Limits Of Intermediary Liability And Writ Jurisdiction In Online Defamation Cases

India Media & IT

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Litigating Platform Design: Two US Verdicts And Their Impact In India

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BTG Advaya

DPDP Act And Rules: A Ticking Compliance Timeline

LS

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

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Telecoms, Mobile & Cable Communications

5G Network Slicing And The Net Neutrality Gap: What India’s Regulatory Framework Does Not Cover

Airtel’s Priority Postpaid launch in May 2026 has put a long-dormant regulatory question on the table. Does India’s net neutrality framework prohibit subscriber-tier-based differentiation of 5G network capacity...

India Media & IT

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Telecom Meets Space: Navigating India’s New Legal Architecture For Satellite Communications

India’s telecom and satellite communication landscape has undergone rapid transformation in the past three to four years, demolishing old statutory frameworks and pivoting to the Government’s vision of a Digital India.

India Media & IT

SA

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

TRAI's Crackdown On Spam Calls And AI-Driven Telemarketing

Unsolicited commercial communications—commonly experienced as spam calls and messages—have long undermined consumer trust in India's telecom ecosystem. Despite years of regulation, the problem has intensified with the emergence of AI-enabled calling technologies, including robo-calls, automated diallers and voice-cloning tools that allow impersonation at scale

India Media & IT

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

ESDM Sector In India Regulatory Landscape, Roadmap And Way Forward: A White Paper

AP

AZB & Partners

TRAI Releases Amendments To Telecommunication Tariff Order And Accounting Separation Regulations

India Media & IT

AP

AZB & Partners

Compliance Requirements For Enabling 5925–6425 MHz Band Under Revised Regulator Framework

India Media & IT

AP

AZB & Partners

SC Holds That Spectrum Cannot Be Subjected To Insolvency Proceedings Under IBC

India Insolvency

AP

AZB & Partners

Low Power Wireless Access Rules, 2026 Notified

India Media & IT

AP

AZB & Partners

Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) & 5G/IoT

MC

MAHESHWARI & CO. Advocates & Legal Consultants

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Media & Entertainment Law

Whose Tune Is It Anyway?

India's copyright framework, built on human authorship, faces unprecedented challenges as AI systems autonomously compose music.

DP

De Penning & De Penning

Kerala High Court Clarifies Limits Of Intermediary Liability And Writ Jurisdiction In Online Defamation Cases

The proliferation of online content platforms has generated persistent tension between the rights of individuals to seek redress for reputational harm and the statutory protections afforded to digital intermediaries...

India Media & IT

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Zee v. Nykaa (India): What Every Brand And Their Counsel Needs To Know About Music On Instagram

Zee Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against Nykaa for using copyrighted songs in Instagram reels without proper commercial licensing, seeking $200,000 in damages. The case highlights a critical gap in how brands use social media music libraries: while Instagram permits personal use of licensed music, commercial content requires separate synchronisation licenses that most brands fail to obtain.

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

TechTicker Issue 77: Online Gaming Rulebook Arrives

India Technology

I

Ikigai Law

Tightening The Safe Harbour: Legal Implications Of The 2026 Amendments To India’s Intermediary Guidelines

India Media & IT

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

DRAFT IP Newsletter 2026 Q1 (January – March 2026)

India Commercial

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CMS INDUSLAW

Idea vs Expression-Analysing The Dismissal Of Copyright Suit In Shah vs Netflix Case

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

From Safe Harbour To Command‑And‑Control: How India's 2026 IT Rules Draft Turns Intermediary Compliance Into Real‑Time Obedience

India Media & IT

KS

King, Stubb & Kasiva

Demerger Of BCCL’s EIBME Undertaking: Legal Analysis Of NCLT Approval Under The Companies Act, 2013

India Commercial

KS

King, Stubb & Kasiva

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Advertising, Marketing & Branding

Beyond Search Results: The Delhi High Court Recasts Trademark Protection In The Digital Age

In today's digital marketplace, visibility on search engines often determines commercial success. Businesses invest significant time and resources in building brand recognition, only for consumers' online searches to become the primary gateway to their products and services.

Saga Legal

Building And Protecting A Brand Name In India Using Intellectual Property Law

For every startup, their brand’s name is a gateway towards their market recognition. A strong brand name, hereinafter referred to as a “Trademark”, is a company’s most valuable asset, as it differentiates...

MC

MAHESHWARI & CO. Advocates & Legal Consultants

ASCI Issues Draft Guidelines For Responsible Labelling Of AI-Generated Content In Advertising

Given the increased proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across various industries and markets, regulatory scrutiny around application of AI has been rather inevitable. This reflects in Advertising Standards Council of India’s (ASCI) Draft Guidelines for Responsible Labelling of AI-Generated Content in Advertising published on 8 May 2026 (Draft ASCI Guidelines).

India Media & IT

KC

Khaitan & Co LLP

How To Protect Your Brand Legally When Launching A Business In India

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Mansukhlal Hiralal & Co.

AI In Advertising: ASCI’s New Draft Disclosure Guidelines

India Media & IT

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Luxury Fashion And India’s Sizing Reset

India Media & IT

RS

Remfry & Sagar

Zee v. Nykaa (India): What Every Brand And Their Counsel Needs To Know About Music On Instagram

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

DPDP Act And Rules: A Ticking Compliance Timeline

LS

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Can Third Parties Challenge Trade Marks Before Advertisement? Madras High Court Weighs In

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

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Waka Waka - Instrumental (AKP Diwali Sundowner'24) (Video)

AP

AK & Partners

Instrumental (AKP Diwali Sundowner'24) (Video)

AP

AK & Partners

Transparency In Endorsements Is The Cornerstone Of Building Trust In The Digital World. (Video)

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Are You Ready For India's New Advertising Laws? (Video)

KC

Khaitan & Co LLP

Day 2 – Panel I – Overview Of The Technology And E-Commerce Sector In India (Video Content)

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Nishith Desai Associates

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