Nishith Desai Associates, continuing with its practice of highlighting important regulatory changes, is bringing you this alert which provides a brief overview of certain key regulatory announcements...

From what was expected to be a prospectively chaotic year in terms of privacy law developments, has turned out to be a rather mellow year thus far.

New Delhi, Dec 7 () ESOPs should be taxed only when the benefits are realised by an employee, said a report on taxation in the digital economy.

Udaan, a B2B platform started by former executives at Flipkart has received funding of USD 10 million by Lightspeed Venture Partners.

AHEAD of this year's Budget, Software Coalition, an industry body representing many of the world's leading software companies, shot off a letter to the finance ministry seeking clarity on the tax treatment of cross-border payments made for computer software.

Kedaara shall invest approximately USD 100 million into Spandana by subscribing to fresh shares and acquiring existing shares from shareholders.

The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 ("Maternity Act") has been recently amended vide the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 ("Maternity Amendment Act").

A recent survey indicated that nearly 25% of the shops do not possess a valid registration certificate as necessary under the Karnataka S & E Act.

In response to a long-standing demand of the investment funds industry in India, the Finance Minister, in the 2015 Union Budget, has announced the extension of pass through status to Alternative Investment Funds.

On February 01, 2019, the Indian Finance Minister presented an interim Budget for financial year ("FY") 2019-20 ("Budget").

With reports stating that 75% of patients expect to use digital services in the future, the future of healthcare is in the online space.

The Indian Union Cabinet today approved India's signing of the multilateral instrument (MLI) to implement the tax treaty measures in the OECD/G20 base erosion profit shifting (BEPS) action plan.

India recently signed a multilateral treaty, in furtherance of the BEPS project, which is likely to have huge ramifications for businesses operating in India and foreign investors that seek to avail tax benefits ...

Advertising, marketing and promotion (AMP) expenses incurred by an Indian entity may cause benefit to an overseas related party or an associated enterprise (AE).

Environmental, Social, and Governance ("ESG") investing is a type of long-term investing that assesses a company's ethical contribution to all relevant stakeholders.

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs made changes to the expenditure norms on CSR activities by amending the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014.

A supportive environment, domestically and overseas, is imperative for M&As

The Judges of a division bench of the Supreme Court of India, in pronouncing their ruling on May 9, 2006 in the matter of Centrotrade Minerals and Metals Inc. v. Hindustan Copper Limited,

CBDT issues follow up clarification to the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 introduced earlier this year on September 20, 2019

Special allowance is no longer ‘special' - at least that is abundantly clear from the recent judgment of the Hon. Supreme Court (SC) of February 28, 2019, in relation to provident fund (PF)