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Our update relates to the Haryana Labour Department notification dated May 8, 2025 that has revised the conditions for engagement of women employees in night shifts in establishments engaged...

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal's recent decision in Keshav Bihani v. Competition Commission of India establishes that passive receipt of competitively sensitive emails from competitors can constitute cartel participation, even without active engagement or implementation. This ruling significantly expands the scope of cartel enforcement in India's increasingly digital marketplace, raising critical questions about how businesses should handle unsolicited anti-competitive communications and the im

The Supreme Court recently modified the guidelines applicable to advance medical directives ("AMD"), originally laid out in 2018 in Common Cause vs. Union of India[1] ("2018 Judgment").

The Delhi High Court's recent decision in APTEC Advanced Protective Technologies AG v. Union of India delves deep into the question of what constitutes an interim award under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.

The Delhi High Court has reinforced India's credentials as an arbitration-friendly jurisdiction, through its judgment in Roger Shashoua & Ors. v. Mukesh Sharma...

India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ("DPDP Act") introduces a novel regulated intermediary: the Consent Manager.

However, this exception has been proposed to be deleted and the ROC will be able to file a petition for the winding up of a company with the NCLT on these grounds.

In a very welcome move, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued a circular on August 21, 2019 clarifying that section 232(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 allows companies that are party to schemes of mergers/de-mergers ...

India currently operates 24 (twenty four) nuclear reactors with a combined capacity of 8,180 MW, and several new projects are in the pipeline...

In India, the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity fall under the ambit of public services and are highly regulated.

On April 16, 2024, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a press release with draft directions for regulation of payment aggregators (PAs) that facilitate payments at physical point of sale...

The Reserve Bank of India has introduced a new framework allowing certain non-banking financial companies to operate without registration, fundamentally reshaping compliance requirements for passive investment vehicles, family offices, and group treasury companies. What conditions must these entities meet to qualify for deregistration, and what ongoing obligations will they face under the RBI's retained supervisory oversight?

It is globally accepted that inter se priority of the secured creditors should be respected as part of the liquidation waterfall. However, the Indian story has unfolded with multiple twists and turns with an unclear path ahead.

The Delhi High Court has ruled that arbitral awards must be stamped when signed, not when enforcement is sought, closing a decades-old practice of deferred stamp duty payment. Once the one-month statutory window expires, award holders cannot cure the deficiency through unilateral deposit and must pay both deficit duty and penalty at a fixed rate, fundamentally reshaping enforcement practice for arbitration practitioners across India.

The evolution of the Indian alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") jurisprudence has faced numerous challenges. ADR was introduced as a ray of hope in India towards reducing the burden...

In the world of arbitration, few distinctions are as doctrinally significant, yet as frequently misunderstood, as the difference between the “seat” and the “venue” of arbitration.

The Supreme Court of India has delivered a significant judgment clarifying whether, when and how investigating agencies may summon advocates, and what protections attach to legally privileged communications.