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The Legal Status and Taxation of Trading Cards in India

Note: This is general information for awareness; for transaction-specific advice, a CA/tax lawyer should review the facts. Collectible trading cards, whether physical (like Pokémon or Yu-Gi-Oh! cards) or digital (NFT-based cards), occupy a unique niche at the intersection of hobby, investment, and law. With rare cards fetching sky-high prices (a UK Pokémon card set from the 1990s sold for over ₹57 lakh in 2024 , and a Malaysian collector sold his Pokémon collection for ₹3.8

The Legal Journal On Technology

Jan 2315 min read

Google’s Antitrust Endgame Hits the Bench

Alphabet’s long-running clash with U.S. antitrust enforcers has entered its remedy phase, the part of the trial where the government...

The Legal Journal On Technology

May 31, 20252 min read

AI Governance in an Age of “Technological Somnambulism”

Written by - Varun Pathak (Partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas) & Rudraditya (Student at RGNUL) I The Purpose Problem If we use, to achieve our purposes, a mechanical agency with whose operation we cannot interfere effectively … we had better be quite sure that the purpose put into the machine is the purpose we really desire and not merely a colorful imitation of it. - Norbert Wiener (50 Years Ago) The Dutch tax office employed a tool for finding fraud and analyzing data

Freedom to tweet under attack: An analysis of the X Corp. v. UOI judgement

Introduction Over the past 2 decades Twitter, now X, has been one of the biggest social media platforms with around 27.3 million users from India. X in the past had has many issued regarding freedom of speech and what is and is not allowed on the platform, with Elon Musk himself weighing in numerous times . In the past X has tried to push back against India’s tightening grip over what content could or could not be posted on its platform. However, over the years it has seeme

AI and Privacy – Navigating the DPDP Act in the Age of Emerging Tech

Sunidhi Khabya and Satviki Agnihotri, 3 rd Year, BA.L.L.B Students, NLU Jodhpur The challenge of AI to Data Protection The advent of Artificial Intelligence in the contemporary world has led to data accumulation and processing at a substantially larger scale. With the help of predictive models, which continuously learn from patterns of past user behaviour and often extend beyond what is covered under the direct consent of the data subject. AI Systems process not only data d

The Atomic Energy Act of 1962: How a 60-Year-Old Law Left India Defenseless in the Global Tech Race

India's ambition to become a global tech and manufacturing titan is up against a formidable challenge. It is neither a rival nation nor a market competitor, but something much deeper—its own legal framework. The crisis surrounding rare earth elements (REEs) —minerals essential to everything from iPhones to fighter jets—can be traced back to a single piece of legislation written when the geopolitical landscape was entirely different. India possesses significant geological pot

A National Sandbox for Legal Innovation (In Context of USA)

By Ashwin Telang (Ashwin is a student of Journalism & Economics at Northwestern University) For millions, justice remains a luxury good....

Behind the Pixels: Exploring the Technology of Synthetic Media and India's Legal Battle with Deepfakes

Introduction A short time ago, popular rapper Eminem left the audience in awe when he performed as his alter ego, Slim Shady at the MTV’S...

Designing the Future: AI Authorship IN India And EU Design Law

Introduction The emergence of artificial intelligence (“ AI ”) as a tool for generating industrial designs has created unprecedented...

Defamation in Digital Crossfire: Algorithms, Social Media, Blockchain And Global Jurisdiction

ABSTRACT The digital era has revolutionized communication, and now social media and algorithms are central in shaping of public...

Stealing the Spotlight: the Classic tug-of-war of Innovation with Ownership

Introduction In the realm of technological advancement, the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought about a paradigm shift in...

From Bailouts to Bail-Ins Revolutionizing Indian Telecom Insolvency

Introduction The Indian Telecommunications Industry (‘ TelCo ’) is dominated by a few players with high debts, providing essential...

Breaking Through the Fog: Regulation of Human Gene Editing

Introduction Genome editing refers to the modification of the DNA of the organism to alter its genetic material in order to achieve...

Digital Identity and Citizenship: Progress amid Privacy Challenges

Revolutionizing Identification: The Dawn Of Digital Identity Imagine a world where individuals’ identity, their name, age, fingerprints,...

Dancing the Crossroads of Innovation and Regulation: The Future of Interoperable Messaging

I. Introduction Along with the wide-ranging networks of messaging applications is WhatsApp's impending introduction of a new feature...

Beyond Individual Consent: The Case for a Community Right to Privacy

Introduction “Data is the new oil”- Clive Humbly The above quote reflects the value data holds in the contemporary World. With...

The Finfluencer Frontier: Navigating the Wild West of Information Asymmetry

Overview: On 25th August 2023, SEBI released a document “Consultation Paper on Association of SEBI Registered Intermediaries/Regulated...

The Biotech Vault: Exploring Biobanking Laws and Data Sharing Challenges in India

I. Introduction In the age of biotechnology, where do we draw the line between privacy and progress? Biobanking refers to the systematic...

Behind the Screen: How the Internet Hides What It Craves – Silencing Sex Workers Through Algorithm

Introduction Few factors pose a more significant effect on human connection than sexuality, a fact that the internet takes full use of....

AI on Trial: Who's Guilty When Machines go Wrong

By Tarush Saitia and Pranjali Maithani I. INTRODUCTION The exponential rise of the Artificial Intelligence industry and its...