India: Corporate and Company Law

The Supreme Court's recent judgment in Nirmal Ujjwal Credit Co-Operative Society Ltd. v. Ravi Sethia examines whether Multi-State Co-operative Societies...

In the present matter, the date of default for the debt availed by the Corporate Debtor (“CD”) from Dewan Housing Finance Limited (“DHFL”) was 06.12.2016. However, DHFL itself was admitted into CIRP on 03.12.2019.

April 2026 will be remembered as a watershed month in Indian corporate and commercial regulation. Within a single calendar month, the President assented to a sweeping rewrite of the insolvency code, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“MCA”) opened a one-time compliance amnesty window and a parallel public consultation on rationalising incorporation rules, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) operationalised significant changes to the ICDR framework and the Mutual Funds Regulations, and the Income-tax Act, 2025 took effect, replacing a sixty-year-old statute.

An Initial Public Offering (IPO) represents one of the most significant milestones in a company’s lifecycle. It is not merely a fundraising exercise but a fundamental business transformation...

The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has issued a notification on February 04, 2026 to clarify the obligation to submit a Declaration in Form-10 by any person intending to use any biological resource or associated traditional knowledge, obtained from a foreign country in India. This article provides an overview of the new requirement and its implications for businesses and research institutions.

An individual’s name is a fundamental part of their identity. It shapes how others recognize them, carries their reputation, and over time becomes associated with their story. The same holds true for a company. When an entrepreneur registers a business, the name chosen is not just a legal requirement, it forms the foundation of the brand, represents its values, and becomes the basis on which trust is built over time.

India’s insolvency laws have moved from a complex, debtor-friendly system to a simpler, creditor-focused approach with the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). The 2026 Amendment Act builds on the 2016 IBC to fix...

The COVID-19 pandemic transformed force majeure clauses from overlooked boilerplate provisions into critical contract terms that determined business survival. This article examines how Indian and Japanese companies have fundamentally revised their commercial agreements in response to lessons learned during the pandemic, moving beyond traditional "acts of God" language to address modern disruptions including pandemics, cyberattacks, and regulatory changes.

Indian corporate lending is dominated by personal guarantees particularly in cases where promoters and directors are obligated to guarantee the debts of corporate borrowers. This has changed the enforcement landscape with the introduction of personal guarantors to corporate debtors into the Part III of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”) on 15 November 2019.