Overview

• Microsoft reinstated Outlook, Teams and other cloud services for Rosneft-backed Nayara Energy just hours before its July 30 hearing in the Delhi High Court.
• The court had issued notice to Microsoft after Nayara filed an interim injunction request following service suspensions around July 22 under EU sanctions on its Vadinar refinery.
• Nayara Energy accused Microsoft of corporate overreach by enforcing EU measures without any legal obligation under US or Indian law.
• During the outage, the refinery shifted key operations to domestic provider Rediff.com, underscoring its dependence on Microsoft’s digital infrastructure.
• India rejects unilateral EU sanctions and views the dispute as a challenge to its energy sovereignty for a refiner supplying about 8% of national capacity.