Legal Register
ACT-17(1)(b) Tranche 3 (13 May 2027) — Core Operating Cliff
Status: scheduled, not yet operative
Section 17(1)(b): Qualifying processing
No citizenship shortcut or broad reasonable-purpose ground; read common chapeau ACT-17.
Regulated Actor: Indian court, tribunal or legally entrusted judicial/quasi-judicial/regulatory/supervisory body
Gazette Baseline: Lines 527–530
Statutory Trigger
Qualifying processing
Applies to: Indian court, tribunal or legally entrusted judicial/quasi-judicial/regulatory/supervisory body
Substantive Conditions
Necessary to perform that function.
Statutory Exceptions
Chapter II except s8(1),(5), Chapter III and s16 disapplied; s8(1),(5) remain.
Official Gazette Text (Verbatim Publication)
Ministry of Law and Justice publication, Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
(b) the processing of personal data by any court or tribunal or any other body
in India which is entrusted by law with the performance of any judicial or quasi-judicial
or regulatory or supervisory function, where such processing is necessary for the
performance of such function;