THE UNBREACHABLE SANCTUM REINFORCING LEGAL PROFESSIONAL PRIVILEGE IN INDIA AND ITS CRITICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR COMPETITION LAW
By Abdullah Hussain, Kanika Chaudhary Nayar & Ishan Handa A Privilege Reaffirmed The recent judgement of the Supreme Court of India in Re: Summoning Advocates who give legal opinion[1] is not merely a legal ruling; it is a profound jurisprudential restatement of the very foundations of a robust justice delivery system. At its heart, …
Indian Courts and Arbitration in 2025: Reinforcing Judicial Restraint in Arbitral Proceedings
Introduction The arbitration landscape in India has often been critiqued for the extent of judicial intervention in the arbitral process. Despite reforms such as the 2015 amendments to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Arbitration Act”) designed to limit challenges to arbitral awards, instances of judicial intervention persist. These include the Supreme Court’s exercise of …
The Civil-Law Nature of Shareholders’ Agreements under Armenian Law
Corporate legal relations in the Republic of Armenia are primarily governed by the Law of the Republic of Armenia on Joint-Stock Companies, Chapter 5 (“Legal Entities”) of the Civil Code of the Republic of Armenia, and other applicable normative legal acts.
Public Policy in Light of Recent Court of Cassation Decisions
The recognition, enforcement, and setting aside of foreign court judgements and arbitral awards in Türkiye constitute processes in which the public policy doctrine emerges as one of the most critical criteria for judicial review, both in theory and in practice. Court of Cassation judgements determine the trajectory of case law concerning the scope and application …
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RBI’s 2025 Amendment Directions on Financial Services by Scheduled Commercial Banks
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued the Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks – Undertaking of Financial Services) (Amendment) Directions, 2025, effective 5 December 2025, as part of a broader recast of its 2016 framework on financial services by banks and their group entities. In parallel, RBI has notified the Reserve Bank of …
RIGHTS OF A PURCHASER UNDER AN UNREGISTERED AGREEMENT OF SALE IN INDIA
By Aparajita H Mannava (Associate, Real Estate and Corporate Practice) Despite the legal requirement to register Agreements to sell (“ATS(s)”), it is often seen in practice that ATSs are left unregistered for various reasons, including but not limited to (a) avoiding stamp and registration charges, (b) being unaware of the requirement to register ATSs or …
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A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE AMENDMENTS REGARDING THE INITIATION OF INSOLVENCY UNDER IBC (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2025
By Midakanti Sai Keerthana, Intern
BORROWER’S RIGHT TO REDEEM MORTGAGED PROPERTY CEASES UPON PUBLICATION OF AUCTION NOTICE
By Madala Bindu, Associate, Litigation & Sapavat Teja, Intern, DNLU, Madhya Pradesh.
OPPRESSION AND MISMANAGEMENT UNDER COMPANY LAW
By V.V.S.N. Raju and Nivedita Jha The concepts of oppression and mismanagement plays a crucial role in maintaining corporate governance and protecting the interests of shareholders, particularly minority shareholders, in a company. The Companies Act, 2013, provides mechanisms to address issues arising from actions that are oppressive or amount to mismanagement of the company’s affairs. …
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RFNBO Certification – Leveling dissonances between EU and Indian scenarios
Owing to the abundance of renewable energy in India, India is posited to be a major exporter of green hydrogen and substantially cater to Europe’s burgeoning green hydrogen needs against the backdrop of its proactive decarbonatisation goals. Leveraging the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), India aims to export 10 million metric tonnes (MMT) of green …
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