NDA

A clickwrap NDA gating access to a virtual data room is a valid electronic contract under Section 10A of the IT Act, but its enforceability turns on clear terms, provable assent, verified identity and an unresolved stamp-duty question. The doctrine explained.

An NDA binds in India as an ordinary contract; breach invites injunctions, damages and occasionally criminal process. But courts will not enforce vague, oppressive or disguised non-compete NDAs, and no NDA can silence a whistleblower. A map of the remedies, limits and exceptions.