On 27 February 2026, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released a direction regarding institutionalisation of artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning (ML) intelligence for detection of unsolicited commercial communication (UCC) and inter-operator sharing for regulatory action against UCC ‘senders’ (Direction).
The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) in Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd v Tata Power Ltd & Ors (Judgment), passed a common judgment in a batch of appeals arising out an order dated 19.11.2025 (Impugned Order) passed by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) and set aside CERC’s direction referring disputes under long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) to arbitration.
In S Rajendran v Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax (Benami Prohibition) & Ors 2026 SCC OnLine SC 298, SC considered whether NCLT or NCLAT, exercising jurisdiction in the course of liquidation proceedings under the IBC, can entertain a challenge to an order of provisional attachment passed under the Prohibition of the Benami Act.
The Central Government has introduced the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 (Bill) in Parliament, seeking to overhaul the regulatory framework for higher education in India.
SC of the USA on 20 February 2026, ruled in the matter of Learning Resources, Inc. v Trump that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA) does not authorize President Trump to impose the challenged tariffs including the reciprocal tariffs.
On 11 February 2026, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released draft amendments (Draft Amendments) to the RBI (Undertaking of Financial Services) Directions, 2025 (Financial Services Directions) and the RBI (Responsible Business Conduct) Directions, 2025 (Business Conduct Directions) for various RBI-regulated entities (REs).
The draft Income-tax Rules, 2026 (New Rules) have been released by the Government of India as part of the transition to the Income-tax Act, 2025 (New Act).
In State Bank of India v Union of India & Ors., 2026 INSC 153 (Judgment) the Hon’ble Supreme Court (SC) examined the treatment of spectrum and telecom licenses in corporate insolvency resolution proceedings of telecom companies under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) in the background of the prevailing telecom law regime which regulates allocation of spectrum to a telecom service provider (TSP) by Department of Telecommunications (DoT).
