India, Oct. 19 -- Syed Akbaruddin

On September 21, 2026, the Delhi High Court ordered SAP India to restore software support to Nayara Energy. The Indian arm of the German software group had cited European Union sanctions against the refiner. The contract was governed by Indian law. That had not kept the support running.

Nayara had encountered a similar problem with Microsoft. In July 2025, the American company suspended digital services following EU sanctions against the refiner, whose shareholders include Russia's Rosneft. Services resumed after Nayara approached the Delhi High Court. Microsoft later attributed the disruption to an automated compliance system that applied sanctions globally by default.

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