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DSK Legal's June 2026 newsletter delivers comprehensive updates across multiple practice areas including capital markets, competition law, dispute resolution, employment law, infrastructure, international trade, media and entertainment, banking regulations, insolvency, sports and gaming, and white collar crime. Stay informed about the latest regulatory developments, case law, and compliance requirements shaping the legal landscape across these diverse sectors.

There have been several legal developments through judgments rendered by Indian courts in recent times, in matters involving arbitration law.

This article presents a detailed case analysis of the judgement rendered by the Bombay High Court in Om Swayambhu Siddhivinayak v. Harischandra Dinkar Gaikwad and Ors. [Arbitration Appeal 21/2025] (“Judgement”), delivered by Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan on 04.11.2025.

As cryptocurrency gains more adoption and acceptance, the risk of falling victim to payment scams exploiting the allure of digital assets is growing.

India’s startup ecosystem has evolved from nascent digital ventures in the early 2010s to a high-growth engine with over 110 unicorns and more than 159,000 Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (“DPIIT”)- recognised startups as of January 2025, positioning India as the third-largest startup ecosystem globally. Bolstered by venture capital (“VC”) and foreign institutional investments, startups have unlocked new markets, created millions of jobs, and shaped India’s global innovation profile.

Past events always look less random than they were, it is called hindsight bias. Lending an attentive ear to someone's discussion of his own past can make one realise that much of what they were saying was just backfit explanations concocted ex post by their deluded mind.

This newsletter examines landmark Supreme Court rulings on arbitration jurisdiction, civil court powers in trust litigation, criminal charge framing standards, liquidation auction forfeitures, and corporate criminal liability. The cases address critical questions about incorporating arbitration clauses across interconnected agreements, the limits of interim relief before statutory leave is granted, and the framework for attributing mens rea to corporate entities in white-collar crime prosecutions.

Over the past decade, lending relationships between the United Arab Emirates and India have deepened significantly. Indian nationals form one of the largest expatriate communities in the UAE. Indian-owned SMEs, family businesses, and cross-border trading entities routinely access UAE banking facilities.

Case Name: Gayatri Balasamy v. M/s ISG Novasoft Technologies Limited (with several connected civil appeals) arising out of S.L.P (C) Nos. 15336-15337 of 2021.

In legalese, there exists a rather mundane and oft-quoted phrase – "fraud vitiates everything".

A Supreme Court case examines whether banks must provide personal hearings and forensic audit reports to borrowers before classifying their accounts as fraudulent under RBI Master Directions. The borrowers challenged the fraud classification after their Non-Performing Asset accounts were flagged based on a forensic audit revealing suspicious transactions and fund diversions.

The Hon'ble Supreme Court ("SC") by way of its judgement dated January 11, 2021 in the matter of M/s N.N. Global Mercantile Private Limited v. M/s Indo Unique Flame Limited and Others...

The respondent i.e., Tuticorin Port Trust, a statutory authority constituted under the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963, undertook a significant dredging project titled "Deepening of the Channel and Basin to Cater to 12.80 metre Draught Vessels at Tuticorin Port", aimed at enabling the port to accommodate larger vessels.

The rampant rise of white-collar crimes and economic offences is ubiquitous and often cited as a gnawing threat to India's economic interests.

This comprehensive legal newsletter examines landmark Supreme Court and High Court judgments from April 2026 across arbitration, civil law, criminal law, insolvency...

In the last few months we have seen a major crackdown on Benami properties and their owners by the Government.

The present dispute arose out of a partnership controversy concerning the firm M/s. S.B. Enterprise, wherein the principal controversy centred around the validity and enforceability of an "Admission Deed" dated 17 April 2007.