Introduction On 25 October 2025, the Madras High Court passed a landmark verdict which jurisprudentially analysed the qualification of cryptocurrency to be property under Indian law. The dispute arose after the applicant was aggrieved by redistribution of her XRP coins following a cyber-attack which resulted in a loss of around 230 Million US Dollars for the respondent. The respondent froze the crypto account of the applicant which prevented...

The First International Convention on Cybercrime On October 25, 2025, the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime was opened for signature. The Convention was widely accepted and signed by 72 countries. Though concerns have been raised by human rights groups about provisions regarding surveillance, collections and sharing of data, the Convention is a landmark step insofar as it aims to facilitate international cooperation in prosecuting cybercrimes. The Convention criminalizes...

On 22nd October 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) released the draft amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (Intermediary Rules). The amendment seeks to provide for synthetically generated information, specifically AI-generated content like deepfakes. The government’s move towards the regulation of such content is well-intentioned as the explanatory note to the amendment highlights how such content is...