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Section 28 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, is an important provision of the enactment, which deals with the Rules applicable to the substance of dispute.

The general rule as provided under Section 73 of the Contract Act is that when a contract is broken, the party suffering from the breach of contract is entitled to receive compensation from the party who has broken the contract.

In the context of India's evolving business landscape, characterised by rapid industrialisation alongside increasing sustainability requirements, the principles of Environmental, Social, and Governance...

SEBI notified the SEBI (Buy-back of Securities) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 on February 07, 2023, which came into force on March 09, 2023 to further amend the SEBI...

SEBI revises regulatory framework around scheme of arrangements by listed entities...

Private Equity transactions have been on a constant rise in the past few decades, while the market in India is slowly adjusting to the increased injection of finances.

Earn-out transactions are those transactions where the acquirer acquires a business but holds back a part of the purchase consideration, the payment of which is dependent on the performance of the business.

It is very common to witness one or the other kind of ‘Guarantee' being insisted upon by one or more parties in any commercial transaction.

The term 'contract' is defined under Section 2(h) of the Contract Act, 1872 (Contract Act) as an agreement enforceable by law.

India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme has moved from policy to legal obligation. For the industries it covers, emissions are now a measured, verified and tradeable quantity, and missing a target carries a defined financial consequence. This changes how businesses should approach their data, their investment decisions and their contracts.

The sale of a business as a going concern, long treated as a commercial strategy, is now legally enshrined in Indian insolvency and corporate law. It reflects a doctrinal evolution in which liquidation serves not as terminal closure but as a bridge to continuity.

Been talking about what to do with contracts (be it drafting, reviewing or negotiating) for long. However, it becomes tough when someone asks as to what constitutes a good contract.

On 10 September 2025, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued Circular bearing no. SEBI/HO/AFD/AFD-PoD-3/P/CIR/2025/127...

Primarily, ‘smart contracts' are decentralized agreements built in computer code and stored on a blockchain. Nick Szabo is known as the architect of smart contracts...

The parties entered into a Joint Venture Agreement on December 26, 2011.

The enforceability of term sheets in Indian commercial transactions has emerged as a nuanced legal question with far-reaching industry ramifications.

In Vikram Bakshi v. Connaught Plaza Restaurants Limited (‘McDonald's case'), Vikram Bakshi approached the National Company Law Tribunal on the grounds of oppression by McDonald's.