RBI Allows Overseas Branches To Sell Derivatives Not Permitted In India

In August 2026, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the draft Reserve Bank of India (Interest Rates on Loans and Advances) Directions, 2026, proposing a comprehensive framework for the way regulated entities determine and apply interest rates on loans. While the Indian banking sector has long operated under a patchwork of institution specific instructions, the draft Directions seek to bring much-needed consistency to interest rate regulation across banks, cooperative banks, regional rural banks (RRBs), all-India financial institutions and NBFCs. If finalised in their present form, the Directions will come into effect from 1 April 2027.

Every Non-Banking Finance Company ("NBFC") is required to have a Net Owned Fund ("NOF") as prescribed by the Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") from time to time to commence the business of a Non-Banking...

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued a consultation paper on 23 July 2026 (Consultation Paper). The Consultation Paper proposes a comprehensive review of the SEBI (Portfolio Managers) Regulations, 2020 (PMS Regulations).

The Reserve Bank of India has introduced a new classification system for Non-Banking Financial Companies, fundamentally changing registration requirements based on public funding access, customer interface, and asset size thresholds. These regulatory changes create distinct compliance pathways for different NBFC categories while introducing new rules for group entities and overseas investments.

AIFs aim to pool funds from various categories of investors and invest monies from that corpus as their pre-determined policies of the respective AIF.

The Debts Recovery Tribunal, also known as DRT, follows certain rules which relate to the time limits mentioned in the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993 (RDB Act or the Act). These limits are not merely procedural requirements and instead are factors which influence the right of the borrower or guarantor depending on the stage of recovery proceedings in question.

The recent regulatory developments surrounding Tata Sons have brought an unusual question into focus: Can a large holding company exit the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) non-banking financial company (NBFC) regulatory framework simply by becoming debt-free?

In Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited v Trupti Sanjay Mehta and Others, 2026 INSC 943 (Kotak Mahindra), the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India considered whether a bank as defined under Section 2(1)(c) of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) could invoke the provisions of the SARFAESI Act to recover a secured debt acquired from an entity which was not covered under the ambit of the SARFAESI Act at the time of disbursement of the loan.

In the world of finance, the term insider trading often evokes images of shady deals and hidden agendas. But what exactly is insider trading? Why is it illegal, and how do laws in India seek to prevent it? Let's dive into this intriguing subject, simplifying the complexities surrounding insider trading laws in India, while exploring the impact of these laws on the financial markets and their role in maintaining fairness.

On July 27, 2026, the Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) issued four draft amendment directio ns pertaining to Commercial Banks, Small Finance Banks, Non-Banking Financial Companies (“NBFCs”) and All India Finan cial Institutions (“AIFIs”), proposing changes to the respective Securitisation Transactions Directions, 2025 governing each category of regulated entity.

“Commercial disputes being given a criminal colour” is a routine issue faced by criminal courts across the country, and the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has also quashed several criminal complaints pertaining to commercial/civil claims for that reason. It is important to note that, in such criminal complaints, the usual allegations involve offences of cheating, criminal breach of trust, forgery, and the use of forged documents.

The word Panchanama is not used as such or defined particularly anywhere in any book of Law, but the same can be read into Section 100 under Chapter VII of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (Cr.P.C.).

In the petition, the main averments were that to practice law in India, a person has to be an Indian citizen and should possess a degree in law from a recognized University in India.

American multinational corporation Microsoft sued its Korean rival Samsung for violating a patent-licensing contract involving Android operating system.

The rapid urbanization and unprecedented growth in population has increased the need for affordable housing and lodging multifold. The infrastructure sector has grown like no other in our country and so has the problem of unauthorized and illegal construction

Though IPAIRS allows a search conducted in all the Indian Patents and Patent Applications, the system however does not allow a user to perform a full-text search.

IPO inaugurated a new building to deal with the operations of the Patent Office as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority.

The Indian Patent Office introduced a technical magazine of Controllers General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks called ‘IP EXPRESSIONS’.

The Indian power sector, structured around liberalization, delicately balances private enterprise with governmental control in times of exigency.

Drug price regulator NPPA has approved hike in prices of cardiac stents by 4.2 per cent in-line with the wholesale price index (WPI) of the previous calendar year, as per an official statement.