The fundamental legal basis for international marine law is provided by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). UNCLOS has had a significant impact on the evolution of admiralty jurisdiction for a country like India, which has a long coastline and expanding maritime aspirations. With an emphasis on how UNCLOS has influenced judicial interpretations, legislative changes, and enforcement tactics pertaining to water sovereignty, management of resources, navigational rights, and resolution of disputes in the Indian Ocean, this article explores India's legal and strategic development in response to international maritime standards. In particular, it examines India's adherence to UNCLOS clauses pertaining to continental shelf rights, EEZs, territorial waters, and high seas freedom.The difficulties India has meeting its UNCLOS commitments are also discussed in the article, including jurisdictional overlaps, pirated content, boundary conflicts, and environmental restrictions. Although India has generally accepted the concepts of UNCLOS, it contends that in order to support its position as a regional maritime power, its admiralty laws urgently need to be harmonized, modernized, and made more legally clear. The study's conclusion offers a forward-looking viewpoint on how India might improve its standing in the global maritime order by utilizing proactive legislative changes
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