The Punjab & Haryana High Court has struck down the practice of requiring an accused to continuously share their live Google Maps location as a bail condition. The Court held this to be an excessive and disproportionate infringement of the fundamental right to privacy under Article 21. Calling the practice a form of "virtual confinement," the judgment emphasized that any restriction on a fundamental right must be reasonable and satisfy the test of proportionality

India's digital lending sector faces increased scrutiny from both the judiciary and the RBI. A PIL in the Gujarat High Court targets predatory practices like usurious interest rates and coercive recovery methods. In response, the RBI's Digital Lending Directions aim to protect consumers by mandating direct fund flows, requiring a standardized Key Fact Statement (KFS) for transparency, and prohibiting apps from accessing a user's contact list or personal files without explicit

How AI and automation are reshaping labour laws, worker rights, and employment norms in India's evolving digital economy.

India’s newly released AI Governance Guidelines aim to balance innovation with accountability, but by favoring voluntary compliance over binding rules, do they risk deepening digital inequities?