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AL Insights - February 2024

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This monthly legal roundup is a compilation of our thought leadership articles published in the month of January 2024 on key legal and regulatory topics.

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This monthly legal roundup is a compilation of our thought leadership articles published in the month of January 2024 on key legal and regulatory topics. Please click on the access links to read more.

A. CORPORATE

1. Regulatory Update: Indian Companies allowed to directly list equity shares on International Exchanges

The Ministry for Corporate Affairs and Ministry of Finance published notifications providing a framework for public Indian companies to directly list their equity shares on permitted international exchanges.

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B. DISPUTES

1. The Triumph of Arbitration Clauses in Insufficiently / Unstamped Agreements!

In the backdrop of uncertainty stirred by the decision of the Supreme Court's 5-Judge Bench in NN Global Mercantile Pvt. Ltd. v. Indo Unique Flames Pvt. Ltd., the issue of insufficiency / unstamped arbitration agreements knocked the doors of Supreme Court again in Seka Dobric v. SA Eonsoftech Pvt. Ltd. and M/s. Bhaskar Raju & Brother

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