1.Introduction The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (‘Act’) read with the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (‘Rules’) significantly reshapes India’s data governance framework. For technology driven companies (‘Tech Co’), data by itself is not only operational but is…
Introduction India’s merger control framework is undergoing a significant shift. The introduction of the Deal Value Threshold (‘DVT’) under the Indian Competition Act, 2002 (‘Act’), along with the updated CCI (Combinations) Regulations, 2024 (‘Combination Regulations’) reflects a move towards closer…
Introduction The Delhi High Court’s (‘DHC’) decision in Roger Shashoua and Others v. Mukesh Sharma and Others [1](‘Shashoua Ruling’) is a reaffirmation of India’s commitment to being a pro-arbitration jurisdiction and courts continued willingness to enforce commercially meaningful arbitral outcomes.…
Preface For years, the precise authority of the National Company Law Tribunal (‘NCLT’), a specialized forum established under the Companies Act, 2013 (‘2013 Act’), has been a subject of debate. Since it is not a traditional civil court, its power…
Introduction The online gaming industry in India has witnessed explosive growth in the last decade. The sector contributes more than INR 20,000 crore annually in direct and indirect taxes and is projected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate…
An employment bond is a contractual arrangement requiring an employee to remain in service for a stipulated period, with a pre-determined sum payable if the employee exits prematurely. The idea is simple – the company wants to make sure it…
Introduction In recent years, many Indian companies have taken the opportunity to bring their foreign operations back home to India. This process of moving back to India has been termed as ‘reverse-flipping’ or ‘internalization’. This move has become much more…
Introduction What happens to a person’s shares in a company after they pass away? In earlier times, if a shareholder’s family wanted to claim those shares, they had to navigate a maze of time-consuming and expensive documentation – all to…
Introduction While capital reduction as part of corporate restructuring is not a novel concept, it has increasingly found center stage in Indian corporate jurisprudence. The recent case of Shirish Vinod Shah (HUF) v. Bharti Telecom Limited[1] (‘BTL Case’) offers a…
Introduction A company looking to raise funds (other than by way of borrowing) can do so by following the process prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013 (‘Act’) by way of either (i) preferential allotment; (ii) private placement; or (iii) rights…
