On 27 March 2020, the Finance Bill, 2020 (the Bill) with some amendments received the President's assent and has now become the Finance Act, 2020.

In terms of sectors, Consumer Discretionary witnessed the maximum deal value worth $1,287 million followed by Financials with $760 million.

As the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, countries are moving to stringent measures like lockdowns and curfews. With markets crashing, the global economy is staring at a deep distress.

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.

As a deterrent to tax avoidance, Indian tax law incorporated General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR) provisions, effective for transactions entered from fiscal year 2017-18.

India v. SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd., held that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) and the RBI Guidelines do not prevail over each other as they have different scope and purpose.

Vide its order dated 13 April 2020 Ministry of Finance has notified Mauritius as an eligible country for the purpose of granting Category I license.

In 2014, the Indian Government had announced minimum government, maximum governance. Since then the government has been endeavouring various measures to achieve this objective.

Trent Hypermarket — the equally owned JV between the Tata Group and UK's Tesco — plans to invest Rs 250 crore as the only Indian multi-brand retailer with foreign investment aims to open more stores.

Since April 2015, around 182 M&A deals were announced / completed aggregating to approximately $3159.29 million; dominated by domestic deals (120 deals) followed by cross border deals (38 deals).

The Scheme provides a short window for taxpayers to settle their tax disputes by partly paying their tax arrears.

The appeal is filed by the Revenue Authority.

The Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 was brought in to reduce pending indirect tax litigation.

In terms of sectors, the Banking Financial Service and Insurance (BFSI) saw the maximum deal value with deals worth around $1.4 billion, followed by Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences with $988 million.

In line with the announcement by the Government while presenting the Union Budget 2020 with an aim to reduce tax disputes the Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act, 2020 has been enacted on 17 March 2020.

With a view to provide tax certainty and reduce litigation in the area of Transfer Pricing, Safe Harbour Rules were introduced in 2013.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of India had passed Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provisions) Ordinance, 2020 (‘Ordinance') to provide for various reliefs ...

The SEBI has issued a circular on 03.03.20251 ("Circular"), for extension of reporting differential rights issued by Alternative Investment Funds ("AIFs"), with effect from 03.03.2025.

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.