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India Defence, Aerospace & National Security 2026
India's defence market is larger on paper than in practice. The FY2026-27 Ministry of Defence budget of ₹7.85 lakh crore contains only ₹1.85 lakh crore of capital acquisition, of which ₹1.39 lakh crore is reserved for Indian industry. Against that, the Defence Acquisition Council cleared about ₹7.6 lakh crore of proposals in four meetings between February and September 2026. The gap between approvals and annual spending is the central fact for any supplier, investor or foreign OEM.
India Government
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King, Stubb & Kasiva
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Punjab And Haryana High Court Strikes Down JAO - FAO Retrospective Amendment As Unconstitutional
The Hon’ble Punjab and Haryana High Court (HC) in Jyoti Sareen vs. UOI & Others (CWP No. 15791-2024 (O&M)) (Order) held the retrospective amendments carried out vide the Finance Act, 2026, with respect to the powers of the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer (JAO) to issue a reopening notice under section 148 (Reopening Notice) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (IT Act), as unconstitutional, being violative of the ‘doctrine of separation of powers’ and thus violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India.
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Khaitan & Co LLP
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India Defence, Aerospace & National Security 2026
India's defence market is larger on paper than in practice. The FY2026-27 Ministry of Defence budget of ₹7.85 lakh crore contains only ₹1.85 lakh crore of capital acquisition, of which ₹1.39 lakh crore is reserved for Indian industry. Against that, the Defence Acquisition Council cleared about ₹7.6 lakh crore of proposals in four meetings between February and September 2026. The gap between approvals and annual spending is the central fact for any supplier, investor or foreign OEM.
India Government
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King, Stubb & Kasiva
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Constitutional & Administrative Law

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Section 37 Appeal Cannot Be Remitted To Arbitral Tribunal To Be Treated As A Section 17 Application Even By Consent: Supreme Court
In Union of India & Ors. v. Hariom Projects Pvt. Ltd. [2026 INSC 1044], the Supreme Court considered whether a High Court, while exercising appellate jurisdiction under Section 37(1)(b) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (the "Arbitration Act") against rejection of an application under Section 9, could by consent of the parties remit the appellate proceedings to a subsequently constituted arbitral tribunal and direct the tribunal to treat those proceedings as an application under Section 17.
India Litigation
Trinity Chambers
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Passport Is A Civil Document, Mere Pendency Of Criminal Case Prima Facie Not Ground To Withhold It: Allahabad High Court
In Mohd. Aftab v. Union of India and others, the Allahabad High Court, by an interim order dated September 14, 2026, observed that passport authorities have, prima facie, no business denying a passport merely because a criminal case is pending against the applicant. The Bench of Justice J.J. Munir and Justice Indrajeet Shukla also clarified that holding a passport does not give a person a spontaneous passage across borders.
India Criminal
IL
IndiaLaw LLP
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India Defence, Aerospace & National Security 2026
India's defence market is larger on paper than in practice. The FY2026-27 Ministry of Defence budget of ₹7.85 lakh crore contains only ₹1.85 lakh crore of capital acquisition, of which ₹1.39 lakh crore is reserved for Indian industry. Against that, the Defence Acquisition Council cleared about ₹7.6 lakh crore of proposals in four meetings between February and September 2026. The gap between approvals and annual spending is the central fact for any supplier, investor or foreign OEM.
India Government
KS
King, Stubb & Kasiva
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Investment Protection In A Post-BIT World: The Çelebi Case And The New Frontier Of Foreign Investor Rights In India
The landscape of international investment protection has undergone a seismic shift in India over the past decade. Once a champion of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with over 80 such agreements, India has dramatically reversed course, terminating the majority of these treaties and adopting a restrictive Model BIT in 2016.1 This fundamental restructuring has created significant uncertainty for foreign investors operating in the Indian market.
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ML
MZM Legal
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Government Contracts, Procurement & PPP

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India Defence, Aerospace & National Security 2026
India's defence market is larger on paper than in practice. The FY2026-27 Ministry of Defence budget of ₹7.85 lakh crore contains only ₹1.85 lakh crore of capital acquisition, of which ₹1.39 lakh crore is reserved for Indian industry. Against that, the Defence Acquisition Council cleared about ₹7.6 lakh crore of proposals in four meetings between February and September 2026. The gap between approvals and annual spending is the central fact for any supplier, investor or foreign OEM.
India Government
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King, Stubb & Kasiva
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