About the Law: E-Commerce presents extraordinary opportunities for doing businesses and reaching global markets. However, the exponential growth of the Internet and online activities raise numerous regulatory and legal concerns related to intellectual property protection, contractual rights and obligations, privacy, data security breaches, jurisdictional issues and competition.
The different laws that govern E-Commerce, IT and Outsourcing in India are Indian Contract Act 1872, Specific Relief Act 1963, Foreign Exchange Regulations, Foreign Trade (Development Regulation) Act 1992, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) policies and guidelines, Information Technology Act 2000, Companies Act 2013, Intellectual Property Laws, Labour laws, Transfer of Property Act 1882, Competition Act 2000, Income Tax Act 196, Indian Evidence Act 1872, The Code of Civil Procedure 1908.