IT & Cyber Law

India is one of the world's fastest-growing digital economies — and with that growth comes an exponential rise in cybercrime, digital fraud, technology disputes, and regulatory complexity. RPLC – Rane Pingle Law Chambers is one of Pune's most experienced IT and Cyber Law practices, led by Advocate Rajas Pingle, a recognised cyber law expert with over 13 years of frontline experience in cybercrime litigation, digital investigations, and IT Act compliance.

We represent individuals who have been victims of online fraud and cybercrime, businesses that face hacking, data theft, and digital extortion, and organisations navigating the complex compliance requirements of India's Information Technology Act, 2000 and its allied rules and regulations. Our practice spans litigation, advisory, and regulatory representation — making us a single point of contact for all your IT and cyber legal needs.

Our IT and Cyber Law practice covers cybercrime defence and prosecution — including hacking, identity theft, phishing, online financial fraud, ransomware attacks, corporate espionage, and denial-of-service attacks. We advise on IT Act, 2000 compliance for businesses of all sizes, including e-commerce platforms, fintech companies, SaaS providers, and technology startups.

We handle matters involving unauthorised access to computer systems, data theft by employees or competitors, digital defamation and online harassment, cryptocurrency fraud, and social media crimes. We also advise on website terms of service, privacy policies, technology contracts, software licensing agreements, and cybersecurity legal frameworks for corporates and institutions.

Our team has served as legal advisors to cyber crime police stations in Maharashtra, conducted training programmes for law enforcement agencies, and represented clients in matters before the Adjudicating Officer under the IT Act, the Cyber Appellate Tribunal, and the Bombay High Court.

Our team has handled some of India's most complex and high-profile cybercrime cases. We have represented clients in matters arising from the Cosmos Bank Malware Attack — one of India's largest cyber heists — and have successfully pursued legal remedies in cryptocurrency fraud cases involving significant financial losses.

We have advised over 300 corporate and MNC clients — including financial institutions, technology companies, and multinational enterprises — on IT Act compliance, cybersecurity legal frameworks, and incident response protocols. Our team has appeared before the Adjudicating Officer under the IT Act and the Bombay High Court in cybercrime and digital rights matters, securing injunctions, damages, and criminal convictions.

We have also conducted cyber law training programmes for over 60,000 police officers, judiciary members, government officials, and corporate professionals across India — giving us a unique insight into how cybercrime is investigated and prosecuted from both sides of the legal process.

Cyber law is unlike any other area of legal practice — it requires an attorney who understands not just the law, but also the technology behind the crime or dispute. Our team combines deep legal expertise with genuine technological literacy, allowing us to understand exactly what happened, build a legally sound case around it, and present it persuasively before courts and tribunals.

In cybercrime matters, speed is everything — evidence can be destroyed, accounts can be emptied, and digital trails can go cold within hours. We advise clients to contact us immediately upon discovering a cybercrime, and we mobilise quickly to preserve evidence, file complaints with the appropriate authorities, and initiate legal proceedings without delay.

For businesses, we take a compliance-first approach — identifying vulnerabilities in your legal and technological framework before a breach occurs, rather than responding to one after the fact.

We advise and litigate under the Information Technology Act, 2000; the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008; the IT (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011; the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (which replaced the IPC); the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (governing digital evidence); and CERT-In directions and guidelines.

Our primary forums include the Cyber Crime Police Stations in Maharashtra, the Adjudicating Officer under the IT Act, the Bombay High Court, District and Sessions Courts, and the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission for tech-related consumer fraud matters.

Cybercrime in India recorded over 1.6 million complaints in 2023 alone — a number that continues to grow year on year. The introduction of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam in 2024 has modernised how digital evidence is treated in Indian courts, making it easier to prosecute cybercriminals and harder for them to escape liability.

For businesses, the single most important step is to have a comprehensive cybersecurity legal policy in place before an incident occurs — including an incident response plan, employee data use policies, vendor cybersecurity contracts, and a clear protocol for notifying authorities. We help businesses build these frameworks from scratch and review existing ones for legal adequacy.