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You try to make a payment from your bank account and suddenly discover that transactions have been blocked. When you contact the bank, you are told that the account has been “marked as a mule account,” “suspected mule account,” “debit frozen,” or “under AML review.” For many genuine customers, this can be alarming. A business account may stop functioning overnight. Salaries, vendor payments or EMIs may get affected. In some cases, the bank may provide very little information

Discovering that your bank account has been frozen due to a cyber crime complaint can be alarming. You may find yourself unable to withdraw money, make UPI payments, pay salaries, or meet business expenses. This can happen even if no police officer has contacted you and you have never knowingly dealt with a fraudster. The most important point is this: A cyber complaint does not automatically prove that the account holder committed fraud. Your account might have been flagged

Introduction A user enters a celebrity’s name into an artificial-intelligence platform. Within seconds, the platform generates a song in the celebrity’s voice, a video showing the celebrity endorsing a product, or a chatbot that imitates the celebrity’s mannerisms and personality. When legal proceedings follow, AI companies increasingly advance a familiar defence: We did not create the infringing content. We merely created a general-purpose tool which the user chose to misuse

Introduction In Hindware Ltd. v. Grohe India Pvt. Ltd. & Ors., the Delhi High Court confronted a question that lies at the intersection of trademark law, online advertising and intermediary liability: Can a digital advertising platform be held liable when it sells a registered trademark as a keyword to the trademark owner’s competitors? The Court answered that question in the affirmative. By its judgment dated 22 May 2026, the Court held Google LLC and Google India liable for

Why Every Business Needs a Digital Evidence Preservation Policy Before a Cybercrime Notice Arrives Cyber fraud investigations rarely begin with a company being prepared. More often, they start with a sudden email from the bank, a call from the accounts team, a police notice, a lien on the company’s bank account, or a complaint from a customer claiming that money has been fraudulently transferred. At that stage, the first instinct of most businesses is to respond quickly. That

Receiving a court summons or notice can be stressful. For many, the first reaction is panic: “Am I being sued? Is there a criminal case against me? Can I go to jail? What happens if I ignore this?” If you've recently received court papers, the first thing to understand is this: Receiving a court summons does not automatically mean you have done something wrong, nor does it mean you have lost a case. A court summons simply means that a court or legal authority wants your parti

Automatism, Sleepwalking, and Criminal Liability: A Comparative Analysis in Indian and Scots Law Understanding the Complexities of Criminal Responsibility Consider this scenario: A person takes a prescribed sleeping pill, goes to bed, and falls asleep. Hours later, they wake up behind the wheel of a car, having driven into traffic, completely unaware of their actions. They find themselves in police custody, charged with a crime, with no memory of what happened. This situation

Why You Should File a Provisional Patent First Before we jump into the nitty-gritty, let’s talk about why a provisional patent is often the best first move. Think of it as putting a “hold” on your invention at the patent office. It gives you 12 months to test the waters, seek investors, or refine your idea without the full cost and complexity of a formal patent application. Filing a provisional patent is like planting a flag on your invention’s territory. It establishes an e

Why Trade Secret Protections Matter Imagine you’ve developed a groundbreaking app or a unique manufacturing process. You’ve poured time, money, and sweat into perfecting it. Now, what if a competitor gets wind of your secret and uses it to leapfrog you in the market? That’s where trade secret protections come in. They’re your legal shield, designed to keep your confidential business information safe from prying eyes. Trade secret protections aren’t just about locking away doc