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In a bid to stimulate and strengthen the Indian economy amidst the nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic, the Government of India rolled out an economic package named the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

GSTN portal has made the ‘pre-deposit' field in the appeals module editable, thereby allowing taxpayers to modify the pre-deposit percentage as applicable to their specific case and pay the required amount while filing appeal before the first Appellate Authority.

Vital economic policy issues, such as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policy have been announced through various Press Notes issued by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion ...

A transgender individual challenged a government hiring process that restricted job applications based on binary gender classifications, arguing that an Advisory Committee's determination violated constitutional rights to equality, non-discrimination, and gender identity.

In Mihir Rajesh Shah v. State of Maharashtra (2025 SCC OnLine SC 2356), the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India delivered a significant, clarificatory judgment on the constitutional and statutory requirement to inform an arrested person of the grounds of arrest.

The Constitution of India protects children as a distinct category requiring special protection, that the objective of juvenile justice legislation is meant to penal in rehabilitative and not penal in nature.

In a significant step towards end-to-end digitisation of land and revenue administration, the Government of Karnataka has formally operationalised...

Developments involving Muslim populations in India echo the fate that has befallen other Islamic minorities in the region.

It is a truism to state that the Supreme Court of India has one of the widest jurisdictions in comparison to any other Court in the world.

The Constitution of India holds the chief pedestal as the grundnorm in India, even during the interpretation of specific statutes such as the Arbitration Act.

For many years, Indian courts have been engaged in a judicial debate over their jurisdiction to modify arbitral awards under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ("the Act").

In a recent decision, the Supreme Court of India in Victim ‘X' v. State of Bihar & Anr. exercised its extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 136 of the Constitution to cancel the bail granted...

The Supreme Court of India ("Supreme Court") has in Rutu Mihir Panchal and Ors. vs. Union of India and Ors. held that the determination of the pecuniary jurisdiction of the District, State, and National Consumer Commissions...

The Hon'ble Supreme Court by way of its judgment dated 11 April 2017 has set aside the common judgment dated 7 April 2016, rendered by Appellate Tribunal for Electricity ...

India's space startup ecosystem has witnessed remarkable growth over the past decade, with the number of space startups increasing from a mere one (1) in 2014 to One Hundred and Eighty Nine (189) in 2023, according to the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade's Start-Up India Portal

The Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 represents a pivotal shift in India's approach to combating economic crimes, specifically targeting offenders evading the legal system by absconding overseas.

In a decision on the scope of writ jurisdiction in the context of arbitration proceedings, the Supreme Court of India (“Supreme Court”), in M/s Tarini Prasad Mohanty vs. M/s Sunflag Iron and Steel Company Limited,1 has held that the exercise of writ jurisdiction under Articles 2262 and 2273 of the Constitution of India (“Constitution”) to set aside an order passed under Section 164 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Arbitration Act”) was not justified, particularly where the arbitrator was seized of the arbitration proceedings.