E-commerce in India is, by and large, unregulated in
nature. This is resulting in open violation
of the laws of India on the one hand and increasing number of
e-commerce
frauds on the other hand. Techno legal experts of India have been
demanding a comprehensive e-commerce legal
framework for India for long.
Finally, Indian government has decided to act upon
the suggestions of various techno legal experts. As per media
reports, India is mulling formulating a comprehensive guideline to
deal with e-commerce.
In fact, the Consumer Affairs Ministry of India has
already started working on this and has sought suggestions from other
ministries. However, as on date no international level study has been
conducted on the subject.
E-commerce dispute
resolution in India is another grey are in this field. E-commerce
related frauds and crimes have increased
significantly and they need to be curbed urgently.
There is a surge of illegal e-commerce ventures in
India that are not at all in conformity with Indian laws. As on date,
the e-commerce websites dealing with online
pharmacies, online
gamming and gambling, online
selling of adult merchandise, etc are openly and continuously
violating the laws of India, especially the cyber law of India.
This move of Indian government is a timely move
provided there is some actual work in this direction.
