The Union Budget 2026 marks a significant milestone for India's electronics manufacturing sector, introducing a comprehensive policy framework aimed at positioning the country as a global electronics manufacturing...

Uttar Pradesh cabinet has approved an amendment to the Uttar Pradesh Dookan Aur Vanijya Adhishthan Adhiniyam, 1962, extending its coverage from selected urban areas to the entire state...

The Press Release dated 25th February 2026, issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) concerning the provisional attachment of the Pali Hill residential property “Abode” linked to Anil Ambani, marks a significant development at the confluence of anti-money laundering jurisprudence, protection of Creditors, and trust law in India.

The Government of Maharashtra, vide notification dated August 04, 2025, has released the details of minimum wages applicable to employees working in Shops and Commercial Establishments...

The Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") has decided to extend market timings based on the recommendations of the Working Group on the Comprehensive Review of Trading and Settlement Timings...

On September 19, 2025, the International Financial Services Centres Authority ("IFSCA") issued the Draft FinTech Sandbox Framework...

The government of Jharkhand has notified the Factories (Jharkhand Amendment) Act, 2025, which amends the Factories Act, 1948, specifically for the state of Jharkhand...

Would you stake decades of resources and your company's reputation on an assumption about technology buried deep within your value chain?

The Supreme Court, in an appeal, recently resolved a nearly four-decade-old (1988 suit) dispute involving Odisha State Financial Corporation ("OSFC") over a supply made in 1985...

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Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") has published its 29th Financial Stability Report dated June 27, 2024, assessing the resilience of India's financial system...

The Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") has published data indicating that non-food bank credit grew by 14.4 per cent (fourteen point four per cent) year-on-year in September 2024...

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The Supreme Court of India has held that a creditor cannot appropriate amounts lying as security deposit towards pre-CIRP dues of a corporate debtor once the moratorium under Section 14...

In Hamsaanandini Nanduri v Union of India, the Supreme Court examined whether adoptive mothers could be denied maternity benefit merely because the adopted child was older than three months. The challenge was first mounted against the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (“the Act”), but after the Code on Social Security, 2020 (“the Code”) came into force on November 21, 2025, the Court treated the Code as the operative provision.

The Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") has issued Reserve Bank of India (Pre payment Charges on Loans) Directions, 2025 ("Directions") instructing banks...

The Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") has introduced the Foreign Exchange Management (Mode of Payment and Reporting of Non-Debt Instruments) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2025.

When Indian families build wealth globally, the estate is no longer confined to one legal system. A London flat, a Dubai bank account, a Singapore brokerage portfolio, and shares in an overseas holding company may each sit behind different procedural rules, different document standards, and different court processes.

The Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") has released a draft framework for the recognition of Self-Regulatory Organizations ("SROs") in the fintech sector.