The metaverse presents a complex legal challenge because immersive virtual environments combine identity, property, commerce, communication, and behavioural interaction in ways that India’s existing cyber-law framework does not specifically address. This paper examines the absence of a metaverse-specific legal framework in India and evaluates whether the Information Technology Act, 2000, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and existing intellectual-property and consumer-protection laws are sufficient to regulate metaverse-related harms. The study adopts a doctrinal and comparative legal methodology, relying on Indian and foreign statutes, case law, regulatory materials, and secondary literature. It compares India’s position with regulatory and policy developments in the European Union, the United States, Japan, South Korea, and Pakistan. The comparative analysis shows that while the European Union has advanced platform-accountability and AI-governance models through instruments such as the Digital Services Act and AI Act, India’s present framework remains comparatively fragmented. The Research Gap section identifies major deficiencies, including the absence of metaverse-specific legislation, weak platform accountability, lack of behavioural norms for avatar conduct, limited judicial engagement with virtual property, and insufficient international alignment. The Case Laws section further shows that Indian courts have begun addressing NFTs, personality rights, privacy, and digital assets, but issues such as avatar harassment, virtual land ownership, biometric exploitation in immersive spaces, and unfair platform terms remain largely untested. The paper concludes that India should adopt targeted amendments to the Information Technology Act, enact a Digital India Act responsive to metaverse-specific harms, and establish institutional reforms including a behavioural code, regulatory sandbox, multidisciplinary task force, and stronger international cooperation.