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The Reserve Bank of India’s Scale Based Regulation (“SBR”) framework has fundamentally changed the way India regulates its largest non-banking financial companies (“NBFCs”). What began in 2021 as a framework built around size, complexity, interconnectedness, and systemic importance has evolved into a substantially more predictable regime following the RBI’s June 2026 amendments.

For an early-stage founder, acceptance into an incubator or accelerator often feels like the first real validation of the business. It may bring workspace, mentors, grant access, technical support, investor introductions and credibility. But the document signed at that moment is rarely just programme paperwork. It can quietly become part of the company’s financing history, carrying equity, warrants, conversion rights, IP clauses, vetoes, reporting obligations and restrictions that a future investor will eventually diligence.

Indian industry has lately witnessed several critical corporate governance lapses pertaining to ‘conflict of interest'.

SEBI has issued a circular deferring penal consequences for listed entities that fail to meet minimum public shareholding norms during periods of external economic disruption. This regulatory relief measure allows companies additional time to achieve compliance under more favorable market conditions while maintaining the long-term integrity of public shareholding requirements.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now deeply embedded in India's digital economy, from banking, logistics, healthcare, education, retail, recruitment, and consumer services to enterprise software, cybersecurity, and public administration.

On June 9, 2025, Zoom car Holdings, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as 'Zoom Car'/ 'Company') identified a cybersecurity incident involving...

Singapore's Model AI Governance Framework for Agentic AI introduces a structured approach to governing autonomous AI systems that can independently execute actions without real-time human approval. As Indian enterprises increasingly deploy agentic AI across banking, legal tech, healthcare, and global capability centers, understanding this framework's implications for liability, compliance, and cross-border operations becomes essential for navigating the evolving regulatory landscape.

Since the advent of the Companies Act, 2013, the governmental authorities in India have often adopted a proactive approach, and proposed and implemented various measures to facilitate ease of doing business for companies operating in India.

In India, statistics indicate that about 85% of the total enterprises are family-controlled businesses which contribute to over 50% of the total employment.

As discussed in our previous article, the Consultation Paper addressed a structural gap in the existing aircraft leasing ecosystem in GIFT City. While aircraft leasing entities could already be established in the IFSC, aircraft ownership, primary financing, transaction structuring and related professional services could continue to remain outside the IFSC.

Corporate governance is not merely about regulatory thresholds or procedural compliance. It is also about how information is shared, how trust is built, and how discretion is exercised

In the past few decades, non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) have played a very critical role in the growth of the Indian financial services landscape.

On April 20, 2026, the International Financial Services Centres Authority (“IFSCA”) issued a landmark circular introducing Guidelines on Cyber Security and Cyber Resilience...

Over the life of a company, small amounts quietly accumulate dividends that are never encased, old deposits that are not claimed, shares that sit in forgotten folios. Indian law does not allow these sums to remain with companies indefinitely. Instead, they must eventually move into a central pool called the Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF), managed by a government authority.

On November 5, 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ("MeitY") formally released the India AI Governance Guidelines under the IndiaAI Mission.

Corporate governance is the system of rules, practices and processes by which a company is appropriately managed and controlled.

Now that you have finally decided to put your idea to test by setting up your startup entity an important aspect which often remains unattended is putting in place formal Agreements.