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 …
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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From title deeds to digital tokens? Parliament’s tryst with tokenization bill
Introduction: A recent parliamentary session witnessed the mention of “Tokenization Bill” by Mr. Raghav Chadha, a member of Rajya Sabha. The suggestion is particularly interesting because while tokenization of real estate assets is not a very new concept in countries like the United States of America which witnessed a rise in real estate tokenization in …
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AI + Governance = BUILD NOW: A Modern Digital Reality of Building Permissions in Telangana.
By Prashanth Kumar Muddana Telangana State has witnessed a remarkable digital transformation in urban governance. The state’s building permission process — once plagued by manual delays and bureaucratic hurdles — has now evolved into an intelligent, AI-powered approval ecosystem known as BuildNow Telangana. This transformation marks a major leap toward efficiency, transparency, and smart urban …