The Reserve Bank of India's Managing Risks in Outsourcing Directions, 2025 ("Directions") represent a fundamental re-orientation of how outsourcing is regulated in the Indian financial sector.

India has emerged as one of the world’s leading destinations for Global Capability Centres (GCCs), with multinational corporations increasingly establishing captive centres to manage global operations, technology development, research and development, finance, legal support, data analytics and business process management functions.

Whenever there is a police probe into a matter involving certain individuals, there is a reasonable expectation of privacy attributable to the police officers, till the formation of charges.

India has become one of the most important growth markets for multinational travel aggregators, online travel agencies (OTAs), meta-search platforms, experience marketplaces, and mobility aggregators. With scale, however, comes scrutiny.

Amidst the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the widely discussed topics is the applicability of Force Majeure clause, particularly concerning the commercial contracts.

Between 2024 and 2025, merger & acquisition reforms in India across company law, competition regulation, foreign investment, and taxation, continued to reshape the regulatory framework governing M&A.

Can the police arrest an accused merely because a private criminal complaint has been filed before a Magistrate? Is anticipatory bail necessary after receiving summons in a complaint case? These questions have long created uncertainty among litigants and legal practitioners, particularly in jurisdictions where anticipatory bail applications became routine immediately after the institution of complaint proceedings.

Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) considerations have increasingly become an important component of corporate decision-making, investor assessments and brand positioning in India. As businesses seek to demonstrate their environmental credentials, terms such as “green”, “eco-friendly”, “sustainable”, “carbon neutral” and “environmentally friendly” are increasingly used in advertising, product packaging, corporate communications and sustainability disclosures.

The Security Exchange Board of India ("SEBI") is responsible for the primary and secondary security market regulation in India.

The intersection of cooperative society governance, constitutional law, and writ jurisdiction has been a subject of enduring judicial discourse in India. A recurring question before courts is whether cooperative societies — particularly those that operate independently of Government control — can be classified as “State” under Article 12 of the Constitution of India, thereby subjecting their actions to judicial review under Articles 32 and 226.

The real estate sector in India is a significant contributor to the country's economy.

Almost every piece of software built or deployed in India today relies, to some extent, on open-source software. Indian technology companies, from early-stage startups to large IT services businesses, use open-source components to accelerate development, reduce costs and avoid reinventing well-tested infrastructure.

One of the defining features of arbitration is the finality of the arbitral award. Parties choose arbitration as an alternative to conventional litigation largely because it offers efficiency, autonomy and a conclusive resolution of disputes. However, like any adjudicatory process, arbitral awards may occasionally contain clerical mistakes, computational inaccuracies or typographical errors that require correction after the award has been rendered.

The Supreme Court, in the case of Tata Steel Ltd. v. Varsha & Anr. (2026 INSC 717) (‘Tata Steel v. Varsha’), has held that an Operational Creditor cannot revive its full, uncrystallized sub-judice claim through a pending court or arbitration proceeding, once that claim has been admitted at a quantified value of Re. 1 in an approved Resolution Plan. Participating in the insolvency process by lodging a claim before the Resolution Professional does not preserve the creditor's right to separately pursue the full claim through the pending suit or arbitration after the Plan is approved.

James Madison, one of the founding fathers of the USA, introduced 12 amendments to the First Congress in 1789.

The Online Gaming Regulation Bill, 2025 ("Bill") marks the first structured legislative initiative in India aimed at resolving the persistent ambiguity surrounding the online gaming sector.

Yet many Indian founders build a brand for years before asking how to trademark a name they have already been using in the market, sometimes discovering only after a rival files an application that early trademark protection can be commercially critical.

The Ministry of Law and Justice on November 5th 2021 released the Draft Mediation Bill, 2021 and invited public comments and consultation.

Union Budget 2026-27 shows an early expression of government tax philosophy. Instead of large-scale tax cuts or temporary tax relief measures, the focus of this budget is on simplification, compliance ease, and efficiency.

The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) across industries has brought significant efficiency gains, but it has also raised complex legal questions around responsibility for AI-driven outcomes...