tl;dr On August 28, 2024, the Department of Telecommunications [“DoT”], Ministry of Communications [“MoC”] released four draft rules under the Telecommunications Act, 2023 [“Telecom Act’], namely the draft Telecommunications (Procedures and Safeguards for Lawful Interception of Messages) Rules, 2024 [“draft Interception Rules”], draft Temporary Suspension of Telecommunication Services Rules, 2024 [“draft Suspension Rules”], draft Telecommunications […]
tl;dr On August 28, 2024, the Department of Telecommunications [“DoT”], Ministry of Communications [“MoC”] released the draft Telecommunications (Procedures and Safeguards for Lawful Interception of Messages) Rules, 2024 [“Interception Rules, 2024”]. First published on the Gazette of India website on August 29, 2024, the MoC also released three other draft Rules alongside the Interception Rules, […]