The April 2025 edition of Fox & Mandal's newsletter examines the impact of additional tariffs imposed by the US government; enhancing the scope of fast-track mergers, post-listing validity of ESOPs issued to founders pre-listing; streamlining the rights issue framework for listed companies; revised MSME classification; speculative investment not financial debt under IBC; and other regulatory changes in India's corporate, capital markets, insolvency, and banking sectors.

Welcome to the latest edition of Fox & Mandal's newsletter highlighting recent developments in India's corporate & commercial laws. In this edition, we examine key aspects of various legal and regulatory changes in the Corporate, Capital Markets, Insolvency, Competition and Real Estate sectors and their impact on the business ecosystem in the country.

As 2025 draws to a close, we reflect on a landmark year for Dispute Resolution & ADR in India through this curated roundup of 15 decisions rendered by the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts that have left an indelible mark on India's legal landscape.

The January 2025 edition of Fox & Mandal's newsletter examines the business impact of recent developments in India's corporate, capital markets, real estate, insolvency, and banking sectors including the broadened scope of insider trading regulations, introduction of Mutual Funds Lite framework, draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, sub-classification within the class of operational creditors in a resolution plan, and other legal and regulatory changes.

Three categories of tenure were specified for the purpose of computation of conversion fee: 30 years, between 30 years and 99 years and between 99 years to 999 years.

The April 2025 edition of Fox & Mandal's Dispute Resolution & ADR newsletter analyses the 3-fold test to determine the law governing the arbitration in an international commercial agreement; impleadment of an LLP despite not being signatory to the arbitration agreement; factors for determining the maintainability of a subsequent FIR/ECIR; execution of NCDRC's penalty orders during interim moratorium under Section 96, IBC; and other recent judgments of the Supreme Court of India and High Courts.

The February 2025 edition of Fox & Mandal's newsletter examines amendments to FEMA Regulations to enhance globalisation of the INR; extension of dematerialisation deadline for private companies; SEBI's framework for retail algorithmic trading; alignment of downstream investment with FDI norms; streamlining of the real estate insolvency framework; and other legal and regulatory changes in India's corporate, capital markets, real estate, insolvency, and banking sectors, and their business impact.

The December 2024 edition of Fox & Mandal's Dispute Resolution & ADR newsletter examines the validity of appointment of arbitrators nominated from a unilaterally curated panel, whether a Successful Resolution Applicant can adjust a performance bank guarantee against the payment required to be made under an approved Resolution Plan, reliance on CPC for determining the seat of arbitration when the agreement is silent, and other recent decisions of the Supreme Court and various High Courts.

Welcome to the latest edition of the Fox & Mandal Dispute Resolution & ADR Newsletter. In this edition, we examine the impact of various judgments rendered by the Supreme Court of India, High Courts and tribunals on the dispute resolution and ADR ecosystem in the country.

The May 2026 edition of Fox & Mandal's Dispute Resolution & ADR Newsletter analyses lifting the corporate veil during insolvency; functional dependence in the delineation of relevant market under competition law; post-award interim relief by an unsuccessful party; GST on damages in arbitral award; and other recent judgments of the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts.

The July 2025 edition of Fox & Mandal's newsletter examines SEBI's revised disclosure requirements for related party transactions; RBI's framework for sustainable project finance; pledged shares as part of the resolution estate; bar on loan pre-payment charges; draft Registration Bill, 2025; scheme for green hydrogen certification; and other changes in India's corporate, capital markets, real estate, projects, insolvency, and banking sectors.

Welcome to the latest edition of the Fox & Mandal Dispute Resolution & ADR Newsletter. In this edition, we examine the impact of various judgments rendered by the Supreme Court of India, High Courts and tribunals on the dispute resolution and ADR ecosystem in the country.

The August 2025 edition of Fox & Mandal's Dispute Resolution & ADR Newsletter analyses the grant of anti-arbitration injunctions in foreign seated arbitrations; enforceability of non-compete clauses in employment contracts; whether registration alone can establish ownership; highest bona fide sale exemplar for determining market value; conciliation under MSMED Act, 2006 not subject to limitation; and other recent judgments of the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts.

The July 2025 edition of Fox & Mandal's Dispute Resolution & ADR Newsletter analyses the liability of the sole shareholder in a One Person Company; validity of a sole arbitrator's appointment due to inaction by the counterparty; application of family of marks doctrine to registered trademarks; continuation of arbitration despite provisional attachment of underlying assets under PMLA; and other recent judgments of the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts.

The January 2026 edition of Fox & Mandal's Dispute Resolution & ADR Newsletter analyses whether a promotor's undertaking to infuse funds into a debtor amounts to a guarantee; arbitrability of software ownership disputes involving intellectual property rights; forfeiture of earnest money when both parties are at fault; whether employment disputes are ‘commercial disputes' under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015; and other recent judgments of the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts.

The September 2025 edition of Fox & Mandal's newsletter examines SEBI's amendments to the RPT, FPI, anchor investor, and MPS frameworks; enhanced scope of fast-track mergers; conversion of private InvITs to public; new framework for coastal trading; signs of speculative investments in housing projects; classification of REITs as equity; RBI's guidelines for payment aggregators; and other changes in India's corporate, capital markets, infrastructure, insolvency, and banking sectors.

The August 2026 edition of Fox & Mandal's Dispute Resolution & ADR Newsletter analyses the validity of ex post facto environmental clearance; AI training on publicly available copyrighted content; qualification of payment default under a settlement deed as an operational debt; right to apply to Indian Courts as the determining factor for limitation on enforcing a foreign award; and other recent judgments of the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts.

The May 2025 edition of Fox & Mandal's Dispute Resolution & ADR Newsletter analyses the post facto rejection of an implemented resolution due to non-compliance with IBC provisions; impleadment of parties that have not been served with a notice invoking arbitration; objections by minority members not an impediment to redevelopment projects; censorship of content containing fair criticism of judicial orders; and other recent judgments of the Supreme Court of India and High Courts.

The March 2026 edition of Fox & Mandal's Dispute Resolution & ADR Newsletter analyses the 3-fold test to determine which procedural orders can be challenged under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996; ...

The January 2026 edition of Fox & Mandal's newsletter examines the Securities Markets Code, 2025; revised definition of ‘small company'; liberalisation of the nuclear sector; amendments to the merchant banking regulations and the priority sector lending framework; locus of a housing society in the developer's CIRP; and other changes in India's corporate, capital markets, infrastructure, insolvency, and banking sectors.