DPDP Rules 2025 · Rule 22 · Group HUpcoming · 13 May 2027

Appeal to Appellate Tribunal

Status: Upcoming
Applies from: 13 May 2027Rule 1(4)
Penalty: Up to Rs 50 croreAct, Schedule, item 7
Binds: Every Data Fiduciary

In plain English

Appeals against the Board's orders and directions go to the Appellate Tribunal (the TDSAT, under s. 29 of the Act), filed digitally in the form the Tribunal decides. The fee is the same as for an appeal under the TRAI Act, 1997, payable through UPI or another RBI-authorised system, and the Tribunal's Chairperson may reduce or waive it. The Tribunal is not bound by the Code of Civil Procedure, follows natural justice, and also runs as a digital office.

What you must do

Note the appeal route and timing (s. 29 of the Act: 60 days from receipt of the order) in your incident and enforcement playbook.

Gazette text · Rule 22Any person aggrieved by an order or direction of the Board, may prefer an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal, it shall be filed in digital form as the Appellate Tribunal may decide.

(1)
Any person aggrieved by an order or direction of the Board, may prefer an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal, it shall be filed in digital form as the Appellate Tribunal may decide.
(2)
An appeal filed with the Appellate Tribunal shall be accompanied by fee of like amount as is applicable in respect of an appeal filed under the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (24 of 1997), unless reduced or waived by the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal at her discretion, and the same shall be payable digitally using the Unified Payments Interface or such other payment system authorised by the Reserve Bank of India.
(3)
The Appellate Tribunal—
1. (a)
  shall not be bound by the procedure laid down by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), but shall be guided by the principles of natural justice and, subject to the provisions of the Act, may regulate its own procedure; and
2. (b)
  shall function as a digital office which, without prejudice to its power to summon and enforce the attendance of any person and examine her on oath, may adopt techno-legal measures to conduct proceedings in a manner that does not require physical presence of any individual.

Source: Gazette of India, G.S.R. 846(E), 13 Nov 2025 (MeitY copy)

Act sections and tools that apply

DPDP Act 2023, s. 29: Appeal to Appellate TribunalDPDP Act 2023, s. 30: Orders passed by Appellate Tribunal to be executable as decree

Source: Gazette of India, G.S.R. 846(E), 13 Nov 2025 (MeitY copy) · Change log