Work from home only if the nature of work so permits, rules the Karnataka High Court. In March 2022, the Karnataka High Court passed an order clarifying the scope of the work from home benefit for mothers on maternity leave.

On July 26, 2023, the United Kingdom's Supreme Court (the "UKSC"), in the matter of R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) (Appellants) v. Competition Appeal Tribunal and others...

The Bombay High Court has recently struck down the 2023 amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, which amended Rule 3(1)(b)(v) (pertaining to due diligence by an intermediary) ...

In India, the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 (the "1920 Act") permitted the collection of fingerprints, footprint impressions, and photographs of,...

The globally contested legal battle on training large language models ("LLM") using copyrighted content recently reached India, with Asian News International ("ANI"), an Indian news agency, filing a copyright infringement suit in the Delhi High Court (the "Court") against Open AI.

This update discusses the implications of the new reporting requirements.

The revised ECB framework encourages short-term ECBs, as the minimum average maturity period will now be three (3) years for both, FCY ECBs and INR ECBs.

In 1998, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited ("MTNL") invited tenders for Code-Division Multiple Access ("CDMA") technology supply on a turnkey basis.

The case concerns the activities of seven (7) expatriate employees and their Indian support team.

Foreign companies in India are often subjected to a tax audit scrutiny by the Indian tax authorities to check if they have a Permanent Establishment in India and what will be the profits attributable to such a PE.

Material Adverse Effect ("MAE") or Material Adverse Change ("MAC") clauses are often used in mergers and acquisition ("M&A") agreements. MAC clauses are a double-edged sword.

Since the advent of globalization, enterprises have started engaging in increasingly complex cross-border transactions. In many cases, such mandates involve dealing, interfacing and obtaining approvals...

The Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 9, 2024 and passed on December 3, 2024, seeks to modernize India's banking framework by amending five (5) important statutes:

In the recent case of Western Coal Fields Ltd. v. Manohar Govinda Fulzele, 2025 INSC 233, the Supreme Court ("SC") held that an employee's gratuity can be forfeited in case of proven misconduct for an offence involving moral turpitude, even if the employee has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding.

The appellants, home buyers, invested in a real estate project developed by Bulland Buildtech Pvt. Ltd.

Currently, the registered owner of shares is required to make a declaration in Form MGT-4 within thirty (30) days from the date of entry of his/her/its share ownership in the register of members ...

In India, restrictive covenants are subject to strict scrutiny. Just recently, in Vijaya Bank & Anr. v. Prashant B. Narnaware, 2025 INSC 691, India's Supreme Court, while specifying that its ruling should not be treated as definitive law for all cases, upheld the validity of an employment bond.

Last month, the Reserve Bank of India (the "RBI") introduced master directions (the "Directions") and guidelines (the "Guidelines") for the acquisition and ownership of shares and voting rights in banking companies.

Last month, the Reserve Bank of India (the "RBI") released a draft Master Direction (the "Draft Direction") proposing revisions to the Master Circular released...

In the case of Concentrix CVG Customer Management Group, Inc. v. Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax (ITA No. 7727/Del/2017 & Ors., order dated September 30, 2025), the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi, ruled that Concentrix CVG Customer Management Group, Inc., ...