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Deciding an application for interim injunction in Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited v Uber India Systems Private Limited and Ors. [CS(COMM) 345/2025], the Delhi High Court (Court) in a judgment dated 5 May 2025, has declined to injunct an audio-visual advertisement (impugned advertisement) released by Uber India Systems Private Limited and its holding company, featuring Travis Head (Defendants).

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), vide Notification dated 26 June 2025, has notified the CERC (Sharing of Inter-State Transmission Charges and Losses) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2025 (Fourth Amendment Regulations).

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has, through a series of decisions over the past two and a half years, signalled that it conducts a post-mortem of Green Channel filings to verify whether they were correctly made.

The Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) approved the Scheme to Promote the Registration of Employers / Employees (SPREE) to incentivize eligible employers to register their establishment and enrol their employees.

On 24 June 2025, the Ministry of Communications published draft amendments (Draft Amendment) to the Telecommunications (Telecom Cyber Security) Rules, 2024 (Cybersecurity Rules) issued under the Telecommunications Act, 2023 (Telecom Act), inviting stakeholder comments until 24 July 2025.

ISF in consultation with SEBI, issued the revised Industry Standards on Minimum information to be provided to the Audit Committee and Shareholders for approval of Related Party Transactions (RPT Industry Standard) through SEBI circular dated 26 June 2025 in supersession of the February Standard.

RBI has long shaped India's project financing landscape through numerous regulations addressing time overruns, classification norms for projects under implementation, and various prudential guidelines, resulting in a complex regulatory framework. To standardise project financing norms across all regulated entities, the RBI issued the Reserve Bank of India Project Finance Directions, 2025 ("Directions") on 19 June 2025.

With an intent to grant relaxation to the factories situated in Gujarat as regards work time regulations, thereby boosting economic activities, attracting investments and generating employment, the Labour, Skill Development and Employment Department of Gujarat promulgated the Factories (Gujarat Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 on 1 July 2025 (Ordinance).

In the present digitally connected era, messages sent through ‘Short Message Service’ (SMS messages) are heavily relied upon for personal, transactional and commercial communications.

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has through its Public Notice bearing No. L-1/257/2020/CERC dated 17 June 2025 released the draft CERC (Power Market) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2025 (Draft Power Market Amendment Regulations) inviting comments / suggestions / objections from stakeholders on or before 14 July 2025.

The National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL), through its circular no. NSDL/POLICY/2025/0071 dated 3 June 2025 (Circular), has introduced an additional compliance requirement for transfers of shares held in private companies.

In light of increased adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies by market participants, on 20 June 2025, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued a consultation paper titled “Guidelines for Responsible Usage of AI/ML in Indian Securities Markets” (Paper).

On 4 June 2025, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department for Promotion and Industry and Internal Trade under its powers under Section 78 of the Copyright Act, notified the draft Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2025 (Proposed Amendment) vide notification G.S.R. 370 (E), introducing Rule 83A in the Copyright Rules, 2013.

In Rupali Shah v Adani Wilmer & Ors, 2025:BHC-OS:8516 a single-judge bench of the Bombay High Court clarified how pre-1970 music-assignment contracts ought to be interpreted in the digital streaming era.

In the board meeting held on 18 June 2025 (Board Meeting), the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) introduced a series of reforms to facilitate ease of doing business and align regulatory provisions to the evolving market needs across the Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), Venture Capital Funds (VCFs), Portfolio Management Services (PMS) and Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) ecosystem.

In the current digital economy, consumers start their day by receiving a flurry of commercial communications – either a reminder from the bank, a notification confirming the delivery of a product, or a new sale alert.