India: White Collar Crime, Anti-Corruption & Fraud

India's digital payments story has been extraordinary. In two decades, India moved from RTGS and paper cheques to Unified Payments Interface processing nearly half of the world's real-time transactions.

The sanctity and enforceability of awards passed by Lok Adalats form a cornerstone of the alternative dispute resolution mechanism in India. In a significant judicial pronouncement...

This March 2026 legal newsletter examines pivotal judicial pronouncements and regulatory developments spanning arbitration, competition law, constitutional matters, insolvency proceedings, and environmental regulations. The comprehensive analysis explores how recent legal shifts impact businesses and professionals navigating India's dynamic regulatory environment across multiple practice areas including renewable energy, real estate, mining, and white collar crime.

The boundary between a routine banking service and a "commercial transaction" has long been a battlefield in Indian consumer law.

Indian banks and their group entities will enter a stricter regulatory framework starting in January 2026 when the Reserve Bank of India implements its new digital banking and group governance and liquidity and payment security regulations.

The Supreme Court held that issuance of a notice under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 ("BNSS"), requiring a person to appear before a police officer in cases...

The exponential growth of the digital economy has fundamentally transformed how businesses, consumers, and service providers interact.

Life insurance contracts, like all insurance agreements, are considered contracts of uberrimae fidei, a Latin phrase that translates to "utmost good faith."

In Shailja Krishna v. Satori Global Limited, the Supreme Court of India held that the NCLT has the jurisdiction to decide allegations of fraud...