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Explaining laws applicable for influencer marketing in India

Influencer Marketing in India: A Legal Guide for Brands, Creators and Agencies

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Influencer marketing has moved from being a peripheral brand-building tool to a mainstream channel for customer acquisition, product discovery and consumer engagement. For businesses in the direct-to-consumer, fintech, health and wellness, gaming, education, fashion, food, and lifestyle sectors, creator-led campaigns often offer what traditional advertising cannot: immediacy, relatability and trust. However, that trust is precisely […]

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Key legal differences between health supplements and nutraceuticals

Nutraceutical or Health Supplement? A Legal Guide to FSSAI Classification

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India’s wellness and nutrition market has seen a significant increase in products positioned around health, immunity, fitness, preventive wellness and lifestyle support. Products such as vitamin tablets, protein powders, amino acid formulations, herbal extract capsules, functional gummies, fortified beverages and plant-based formulations are now commonly marketed to consumers through pharmacies, health stores, e-commerce platforms and

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Scope, applicability and implication of Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Rules, 2026

Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Rules, 2026: What Gaming Platforms Need to Know

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India’s online gaming sector has, over the last few years, moved from being a niche segment of the digital economy to a large and commercially significant industry, covering formats such as casual games, social games, e-sports, fantasy sports, card-based games, real-money gaming formats and other app-based gaming products. This growth has also brought with it

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Legal disclosure requirements for E-commerce in India

Mandatory Disclosures on E-Commerce Platforms: A Practical Compliance Playbook for Indian Businesses

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In the evolving regulatory landscape governing digital commerce in India, disclosure obligations have moved decisively beyond a matter of formal compliance to become a central determinant of enforcement exposure. Historically, e-commerce platforms approached disclosures as policy-driven requirements, often embedded within standard terms of use or relegated to secondary pages. This approach is no longer tenable.

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Compliances applicable to e-commerce platforms in India under the E-commerce Rules, 2020

Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020: A Practical Compliance Roadmap for Digital Commerce Platforms in India

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India’s e-commerce ecosystem has witnessed significant expansion over the past decade, accompanied by a parallel increase in regulatory oversight aimed at strengthening consumer protection. The Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020 (“E-Commerce Rules”), framed under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, establish a comprehensive compliance framework governing digital commerce, with applicability extending across all e-commerce models, including

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Differences between the marketplace and inventory model of ecommerce along with applicable compliances and laws.

Marketplace vs Inventory in Indian E-Commerce: Why Classification Continues to Drive Compliance

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India’s e-commerce sector has evolved from early-stage digital marketplaces operating as neutral intermediaries to sophisticated, vertically integrated ecosystems combining logistics, data analytics, private labels and algorithm-driven pricing. This evolution has enabled scale and efficiency, but has simultaneously blurred the traditional boundaries between platform intermediation and direct retail. In this landscape, the distinction between a “marketplace

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Negotiating Enterprise SaaS Contracts: Risk Allocation, Procurement Leverage and Governance Discipline

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In the early stages of growth, most software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) ventures contract on their own subscription term, concise agreements built around standard access rights, pricing tiers, basic service levels and a capped liability construct aligned with annual fees. The commercial discussion typically centres on scope, implementation timelines and payment cycles. Legal risk, while present, remains proportionate

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SaaS Agreement and its key considerations in the Indian context

SaaS Subscription Agreements: Structural Risks Indian Startups Cannot Overlook

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In the Indian startup ecosystem, Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) subscription agreements are frequently treated as “industry standard” documents, downloaded, lightly modified, and deployed with minimal structural scrutiny. Founders often rely on templates sourced from US or European precedents, competitor websites, or investor-provided formats. While commercially convenient, this approach creates a fundamental misalignment: the agreement appears familiar, yet

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Legal treatment of SaaS in India

SaaS Under Indian Law: Service, Software or Licence?

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Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) has achieved near-universal commercial acceptance as a dominant software delivery model. In market practice, SaaS offerings are routinely described, and often contractually labelled, as the provision of “services”. This shorthand, while convenient, creates an illusion of legal certainty that Indian law does not fully support. Unlike several mature digital jurisdictions, Indian law does

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Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways in India: Understanding the Regulatory Divide

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India’s digital payments ecosystem has evolved from a facilitator-led model to a systemically important financial infrastructure. As transaction volumes scale and intermediaries increasingly sit between payers and merchants, the regulatory lens has decisively shifted from technology enablement to funds custody and settlement risk. This shift is most visible in the regulatory treatment of “Payment Aggregators”

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