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The Dentons Link Legal White Collar Crime & Investigations Newsletter examines recent enforcement actions, judicial developments, and regulatory updates shaping India's white collar crime landscape. This edition covers major cases involving the Enforcement Directorate and CBI, landmark Supreme Court rulings on PMLA procedures, and significant international enforcement developments including the Adani Group matter and UK's first DPA in five years.

A whistleblower is an individual who exposes illegal, unethical, or harmful activities within an organization.

It is a well-known fact that under any developed and civilized judicial system, the principles of natural justice allow an accused person the right to be present at their trial.

Corporate frauds pose significant risks to the stability of businesses and economies, with India being no exception. In recent years, we have witnessed high-profile scandals such as the Satyam Computer Services scam.

No pardon for bribe-givers - if found guilty, liable for imprisonment and fine.

India is witnessing significant changes in the way white-collar crimes are investigated and prosecuted.

The (Indian) Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 ("PMLA") sets out the legislative framework for the prosecution of the offence of ‘money laundering' in India.

What are the key financial crime offences applicable to companies and their directors and officers? (E.g. Fraud, money laundering, false accounting...

What's there in a ‘name'? It is preposterous to dismiss the significance of a name by asking, ‘What's there in a name?'.' The term ‘Benami', derived from Persian origins...

This article shall deal with material FAQs on Section 14 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002.

The expansion of business opportunities, both in the national and international sphere has led to an upsurge in the volume of commercial contracts containing an arbitration clause.

In India, economic offences lacked an express definition until the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNS'), which provided an inclusive definition encompassing various crimes such as criminal breach of trust, forgery...

“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 present appeal arose from acquisition proceedings initiated under the National Highways Act, 1956. Pursuant to notifications issued under Sections 3A and 3D of the Act, the land belonging to Respondent No. 1 was acquired and vested in the Central Government. The Competent Authority passed an award determining compensation under Section 3G(1) of the Act.

On February 28, 2006, the Oil and Natural Gas Company awarded a contract to a consortium comprising of a South-Korean company (the Respondent/Assessee) and Larsen & Toubro Ltd. for carrying out the work of surveys, ...

The judicial developments in arbitration in India in 2014 have been both encouraging and curious at the same time.

An amount 1.945 billion Swiss Francs (about INR 9,295 Crore) has been alleged to have been laundered or stacked by Indians in Swiss banks.