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3 days ago

Supreme Court holds appellate court cannot modify arbitral award under section 34

In Project Director, National Highways v M. Hakeem, the Supreme Court has held that section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act...

7 days ago

Supreme Court holds SEBI has the power to regulate winding up of mutual fund schemes

In Franklin Templeton Trustee Services Private Limited v Amruta Garg, the Supreme Court has held that SEBI has the power to regulate the...

Jul 21

SEBI makes it mandatory for brokers to report client-level collateral

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has made it mandatory for brokers to report client-level collateral . The regulator has...

Jul 17

SEBI introduces expected loss-based rating scale

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has introduced an expected lossbased rating scale for rating agencies. Rating agencies...

Jul 14

CCI eases rule on pleadings

The Competition Commission of India has relaxed its rules on filing pleadings, no longer insisting that the managing director or a...

Jul 11

RBI directs transition from LIBOR

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed banks to transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). The regulator has...

Jul 7

Delhi HC creates Intellectual Property Division to deal with IP cases

The Delhi High Court has created an Intellectual Property Division (IPD), that will deal solely with intellectual property related...

Jul 6

RBI announces outsourcing rules for cooperative banks

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), while issuing guidelines for the management of the risk associated with outsourcing financial services...

Jun 28

RBI prescribes guidelines on distribution of dividends by NBFCs

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has prescribed guidelines relating to the distribution of dividend by NBFCs. The guidelines will become...

Jun 27

I&B Ministry amends rules regulating cable TV networks

The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has amended the rules regulating cable TV networks. The Cable Television Networks (Amendment)...

Jun 25

FSSAI to extend its labeling regime to restaurant chains

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will extend its labeling regime to restaurant chains that have operations in...

Jun 20

SEBI issues fresh guidelines for mutual fund schemes

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued guidelines for mutual fund schemes to participate in interest rate swap....

Jun 14

RBI Extends Risk-Based Internal Audit To Housing Finance Companies

The RBI in order to enhance the effectiveness and quality of the internal audit system of housing finance companies, extended the Risk...

Jun 9

BIS issues new standards for Data Privacy Assurance

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has established standards for personal data protection by businesses. The Data Privacy Assurance...

Jun 7

SEBI streamlines framework on centralized database for corporate bonds

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has streamlined the framework on the centralized database for corporate bonds, in order...

May 30

The NCLAT has held that the IBC will overide the SARFAESI Act

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), New Delhi, has held in Indian Overseas Bank v. RCM Infrastructure Ltd. and Ors. that...

May 28

The AAR has held that reimbursements to expatriate personnel are not taxable as FTS

The Authority for Advanced Rulings (AAR) in Mumbai has held in that reimbursements made to a foreign company by an Indian company for...

May 27

SEBI notifies special procedure for action on expulsion from membership of stock exchanges

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has notified a special procedure for action on expulsion from membership of stock...

May 26

SEBI doubles overseas investment limit of AIFs and VCFs

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has doubled the overseas investment limit of Alternate Investment Funds (AIFs) and...

May 25

RBI Issues Norms for Merging District Co-operative Banks with State Entities

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has notified the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2020, with effect from April 1, 2021. As per the...

May 21

SC upholds notification allowing banks to proceed against personal guarantors under the IBC

The Supreme Court of India has upheld the validity of a November 2019 notification by the Central Government, permitting creditors to...

May 19

The SAT has held that tribunals can function sans a technical member

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) had, in many appeals, taken the position that the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT)...

May 13

Supreme Court clarifies on the admissibility of applications under Section 7 of the Arbitration Act

The Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in Indus Biotech Private Limitedv. Kotak India...

May 10

SEBI notifies amendments in listing regulations

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021 have...