Confronted with a heavy judicial backlog across trial courts and high courts, India’s legal ecosystem is executing a structural transformation. Mediation is no longer treated as a voluntary, informal pre-trial alternative, but as an institutionalized, legally binding pillar of civil justice delivery. As Hon’ble Chief Justice of India Surya Kant noted, mediation must evolve from a peripheral option into...
Read More ➜Before the Indian Contract Act, 1872, there was the rule of local mercantile usage, customary practice, and English common law ideas that prevailed in commercial dealings. Oral promises, written undertakings, or immediate exchange of goods and considerations were commonly practiced when concluding deals Future performance had no place in ancient barter societies because transactions were done through the immediate exchange of goods...
Read More ➜Indian corporate governance is going through an important shift. Independent directors [IDs] are no longer expected to serve merely as symbolic members of the board who attend meetings, review papers, and rely on management to drive governance. Rather, they are increasingly expected to demonstrate that their independence is substantive through the manner in which they assess...
Read More ➜India’s M&A market is flourishing well. Regulations are getting revised to pace with the changing scenario. Audit committees are filing their approvals as per the requirements. Boards are signing disclosures with practiced efficiency. And yet, somehow, inexplicably, promoters are still walking away with minority shareholders’ money. Legally. Quietly. With every procedural...
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Evolution of man took centuries. It was a time-taking process, but when man became smart, he started to think and...
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While upholding the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act in its recent judgement, the Supreme Court has read...
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India is one step closer to having its own data protection law after the Srikrishna Committee submitted its initial...
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Click here to view the mindmaps for the India-South Korea Relations and Law Commission on Legalising Gambling...
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Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking a declaration that a person cannot be permitted to perform...
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