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A Lighter Touch? RBI's Proposed Recalibration Of NBFC Regulation

On 10 February 2026, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a draft amendment (Draft Amendment) to the RBI (Non-Banking Financial Companies – Registration, Exemptions and Framework for Scale Based Regulation) Directions, 2025 (NBFC Exemptions Master Directions).

India Commercial

KC

Khaitan & Co LLP

An Inoperative Section 8 Company Practical Exit And Transition Options

Its profits and income must be applied solely towards the promotion of its stated objects. A Section 8 company is prohibited from declaring or paying dividends to its shareholders.

India Commercial

LegaLogic

Beyond Cheques And Wire Transfers: Structuring And Regulating Consideration Other Than Cash In Corporate Transactions

Corporate finance has historically treated equity issuance as a cash-based capital-raising exercise.

India Commercial

LegaLogic

Liquidation Preference: Structuring Exit Distributions In M&A

At the outset of a transaction with investors, the company's future trajectory is consciously contemplated. During negotiations, the parties envisage potential exit scenarios and their impact on shareholder returns.

India Commercial

LegaLogic

Judicial Interventions In Shareholder Inspection And Access Rights – Beyond Companies Act 2013

India Commercial

PI

Pinac Law

SEBI Issues SEBI (Listing Obligations And Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026

India Commercial

Sagus Legal

Receipt Of Shares Of Amalgamated Company In Lieu Of Stock-in-Trade Taxable

AC

Aurtus Consulting LLP

Delhi ITAT Allows DTAA Benefit On DDT; Caps DDT At 10% Under Indo-Japan DTAA

AC

Aurtus Consulting LLP

NBFCs That Do Not Require RBI Registration In India

India Commercial

AP

AK & Partners

Buy‑Back: A Structuring Tool For Closely Held Companies

India Commercial

LegaLogic

SMBC's Strategic Investment In Yes Bank

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Acuity Law

Budget 2026-27 | Why Buyback Taxation A Victory For Minority Shareholders And A Hurdle For Promoters

AM

Alvarez & Marsal

Reshaping Gujarat's Gas Ecosystem: A Comprehensive Analysis Of The GSPC–GSPL–GGL Restructuring

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Acuity Law

Merger Of Torrent Pharmaceuticals With JB Chemicals: En Route To Becoming Second-Largest Player In Pharma Industry

India Healthcare

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Acuity Law

RBI Releases FEMA 2026 Export-Import Trade Regulations: What Businesses Need To Know

India International

LS

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Union Budget 2026: Big Bets In Tech

India Technology

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CMS INDUSLAW

F&M - Dispute Resolution & ADR - Highlights 2025

India Litigation

Fox & Mandal

India-US Trade Deal: Recent Developments, Impact And What Lies Ahead

India International

KC

Khaitan & Co LLP

India's Union Budget 2026 27: An Emerging ESG And Climate Roadmap

India Commercial

DD

Dhir & Dhir Associates

Emirates NBD'S Acquisition Of RBL Bank

In October 2025, Emirates National Bank of Dubai P.J.S.C ("Emirates NBD") announced the acquisition of a controlling stake with board control in Ratnakar Bank Limited ("RBL")...

India Commercial

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Acuity Law

Driving Clarity: Tata Motors' Legal And Structural Overhaul

Over the past few years, the Commercial Vehicles Business ("CVB") and the Passenger Vehicles Business ("PVB") have demonstrated strong and consistent performance...

India Commercial

A

Acuity Law

SEBI Relaxes Minimum Information Requirements For Related Party Transactions

SEBI, by way of a Circular dated October 13, 2025, has eased the minimum information that listed entities are required to provide their audit committee and shareholders for approval...

India Commercial

AP

AZB & Partners

FEMA Notification Confirms Legality Of Bonus Shares Issued To Foreign Shareholders In Prohibited Sectors

On June 11, 2025, the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India issued Notification S.O. 2549(E) ("2025 Notification") amending Rule 7 of the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019 (the "NDI Rules").

India Government

MP

Majmudar & Partners

SEBI's Latest Takeover Code Amendments: What Acquirers Must Know

India Commercial

MC

MAHESHWARI & CO. Advocates & Legal Consultants

Charting The Disclosure Landscape In An Open Offer Process - A Perspective

India Commercial

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DSK Legal

Bombay High Court Resolves The DDT-DTAA Controversy: Treaty Rate Held Applicable Notwithstanding Domestic Levy Mechanism

LS

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

From Foreign Shores To Home Waters: India's IPO Renaissance And The Strategic Imperative Of Reverse Flipping Under The 2025 SEBI ICDR Regulatory Revolution

India Commercial

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

How Dismissed Whistleblower Complaints Become Prosecution Evidence

India Employment

AA

Agama Law Associates

The Great Indian Bustard Judgment: Redefining Corporate Social Responsibility As Environmental Duty

India Commercial

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Revisiting The Nature Of Dividend Distribution Tax In India

LP

Legitpro Law

A Cloud Of Ambiguity: Examining Constitutional Validity Of Stamp Duty On Issuance Of Shares

India Commercial

ThinkLaw Advocates

Strategic Governance Under RBI's (Commercial Banks – Undertaking Of Financial Services) Directions, 2025: Essential Insights For Investors And Promoters

India Commercial

AP

AK & Partners

Narratives Over Disclosures: Is India's Material Disclosure Regime Designed To Be Believed Or Verified?

India Commercial

CP

Corporate Professionals

Revisiting The Nature Of Dividend Distribution Tax In India

Dividend taxation in India has historically been one of the shifting and contested areas of direct taxation punctuated by doctrinal uncertainties, conflicting tribunal and court decisions and eventual legislative reforms.

LP

Legitpro Law

A Cloud Of Ambiguity: Examining Constitutional Validity Of Stamp Duty On Issuance Of Shares

Where securities are held in dematerialised form, stamp duty is collected through the concerned depository.

India Commercial

ThinkLaw Advocates

Strategic Governance Under RBI's (Commercial Banks – Undertaking Of Financial Services) Directions, 2025: Essential Insights For Investors And Promoters

The Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") has, over time, moved from scattered circulars to a structured framework for regulating who may own shares in an Indian bank...

India Commercial

AP

AK & Partners

Narratives Over Disclosures: Is India's Material Disclosure Regime Designed To Be Believed Or Verified?

Corporate governance is not merely about regulatory thresholds or procedural compliance. It is also about how information is shared, how trust is built, and how discretion is exercised

India Commercial

CP

Corporate Professionals

Minority Squeeze-Out Under Indian Company Law: Balancing Majority Control And Minority Protection

India Commercial

CP

Corporate Professionals

Shareholder Disputes And Oppression And Mismanagement In Family-owned Companies – Key Considerations

Family companies are typically incorporated and managed basis informal family arrangements and mutual trust, often without any third-party involvement such as professional executives and advisors.

India Commercial

PI

Pinac Law

The Section 245 Derivative Action Framework: Building Litigation Defenses Through Board Process Documentation

Minority shareholders in Indian listed companies increasingly use Section 245 derivative actions to challenge board decisions that allegedly harmed the company particularly RPT approvals...

India Commercial

AA

Agama Law Associates

Recalibrating Corporate Governance: An Analysis Of The SEBI LODR 5th Amendment, 2025

On November 19, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI") notified the fifth amendment to the Securities and Exchange Board of India...

India Commercial

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Obhan & Associates

Rethinking Investor Rights (Control, Veto Rights And 'Negative Control') After Recent Indian Case Law

At the same time, modern deal making especially private equity and venture capital investment routinely seeks robust contractual protections and veto rights that, if drafted too aggressively, can be characterised as de facto control rather than mere investor protection.

India Commercial

LP

Legitpro Law

Understanding Commercial And Shareholders Disputes In India

India Commercial

MC

MAHESHWARI & CO. Advocates & Legal Consultants

BIRA 91 – Case Study

India Commercial

AA

Agama Law Associates

Energy & Infrastructure M&A 2025

AP

AZB & Partners

Whether Final Relief Can Be Granted At An Interim Stage Of A Suit

India Commercial

White And Brief Advocates And Solicitors

Supreme Court Held That Preference Shareholders Are Not Financial Creditors Under The IBC

India Commercial

Sagus Legal

Personal Liability For Promoters In ESG Failures: Beyond Corporate Veil Protection

India Commercial

AA

Agama Law Associates

Ghar Wapsi - The Growing Trend Of Reverse Flipping For Indian Startups

India Commercial

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Clasis Law

MCA Expands Fast – Track Mergers: A New Era For Corporate Restructuring In India

India Commercial

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King, Stubb & Kasiva

ESG Litigation In India: When Promoter Commitments Become Courtroom Evidence

India Litigation

AA

Agama Law Associates

IBBI Tightens Transparency Norms: New Disclosure Templates For Resolution Applicants To Safeguard Section 32A Immunity

India Insolvency

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Startup Fundraising In India: Demystifying CCDs, CCPS And SAFEs

India Commercial

SC

Singhania & Co.

EPC Constructions India Limited v. M/s Matix Fertilizers And Chemical Limited, Civil Appeal No. 11077 Of 2025 (Supreme Court Of India)

India Commercial

HS

Hammurabi & Solomon

SEBI's Consultation Paper: Streamlining Compliance For High Value Debt Listed Entities

India Commercial

LP

Legitpro Law

Hindustan Unilever's Ice Cream Division To Operate As Independent Entity: NCLT Clears Demerger Into Kwality Wall's (India) Limited

India Commercial

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Recent Developments In India's Corporate & Commercial Laws

India Commercial

Fox & Mandal

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Minimum Information To Be Provided For Approval Of RPT (Video)

CP

Corporate Professionals

The Role Of Resolution Professionals In CIRP : Guiding The Committee Of Creditors (CoC) (Video)

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Hammurabi & Solomon

Validity Of A Notice For Re Assessment Under Income Tax Act, 1961 Against A Struck Off Company (Video)

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Shraff Legal Advocates

GameChanger Conversations With Vishesh Rajaram (Part 3) – Dissecting Deal Terms In A Down Round (Video)

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GameChanger Law Advisors

CNBC TV18: Mallya vs USL: Right Time For Regulator To Act, Say Experts (Video Content)

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Nishith Desai Associates

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