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Welcome to the first edition of Defence Dispatch, Ikigai Law's new monthly newsletter on India's defence sector. It will track in one place, the developments that are reshaping defence policy, defence manufacturing...

Some contracts require more than mutual assent, they require regulatory grace. Although Indian aviation contracts, particularly aircraft lease, wet lease, maintenance, and engine support agreements...

The Aircraft Act, 1934 ("Aircraft Act"), as amended from time to time, governed India's civil aviation sector for more than nine decades. With effect from 1 January 2025, the Government of India ("GoI")...

Millions of pieces of space debris litter the space.

The FM focused on infrastructure as part of her second theme for the Union Budget i.e. economic development.

Renewing your driving licence is an important responsibility for all drivers in India to ensure legal compliance.

The RTO has laid down rules for scrapping old vehicles in India. As per the norm, cars that are older than 15 years cannot be used.

The leaning towards digitization is evolving and unlikely to inverse.

India's Vehicle Scrappage Policy envisages the creation of scrapping infrastructure throughout the country – a push towards introducing circularity practices in the automotive industry.

The decision of the Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ("ITAT") in Sunflower Aircraft Leasing Limited v. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax addresses an important...

The Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 define agricultural tractor as a four-wheeled, mechanically driven vehicle made to carry agricultural products or labour in the field.

On December 5, 2024, the Parliament passed the Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024 ("BVV"), which replaces the near century old Aircraft Act, of 1934 ("Aircraft Act").

A recent order passed by the fair market regulator, the Competition Commission of India ("Commission/CCI") in the context of peculiar facts of the case puts a question mark on the enforceability...

Indian space sector has historically been government-controlled, with Indian Space Research Organisation ("ISRO") functioning as the primary driver of all space activities.

The automobile sector has emerged as one of the most closely watched industries under the recently concluded India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

Concessions require proper structuring, keeping in mind various aspects, including stamp duty.

India has been pursuing the goal of electric mobility for several years, with the launch of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme in 2015.