India: International Law

The Court of Appeal has ruled that ratifying the New York Convention does not automatically waive sovereign immunity in arbitral award enforcement proceedings. This decision clarifies the distinction between...

The Supreme Court of India has applied the doctrine of 'transnational issue estoppel' in a landmark ruling, establishing that parties cannot re-litigate issues already decided by foreign courts when challenging foreign award enforcement in India. This decision addresses the critical intersection of international arbitration, foreign judgments, and domestic enforcement proceedings.

The Supreme Court of India has delivered a landmark ruling on the enforceability of foreign court judgments in India, specifically addressing whether summary judgments rendered without full trial proceedings meet the statutory requirements under the Code of Civil Procedure. This decision has significant implications for cross-border litigation and the recognition of foreign judicial decisions in Indian courts.

Explore the latest developments in global trade policy, including forced labor regulations, WTO disputes, and India's Foreign Trade Policy amendments. This comprehensive update covers trade remedial actions, new Standard Input Output Norms, and critical changes affecting international commerce and compliance requirements.

The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (‘CETA’), signed on 24.07.2025, marks an important step towards a more modern, efficient and trusted framework for bilateral trade. For Indian importers, one of its most significant innovations is the transition from authority-issued certificates of origin to exporter or producer self-certification. This shift is a welcome development for industry, as it places greater reliance on commercial documentation, supports faster trade flows and aligns origin procedures with contemporary supply-chain practices.

Supreme Court holds that, by virtue of omission of rule 96(10) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (CGST Rules) (which restricted assessees availing benefit of certain duty exemption schemes on import of goods, from undertaking export on payment of IGST and claiming refund thereof), all pending proceedings shall stand concluded; observes that the rule resulted in unnecessary complications and its omission must not result in such complications being kept alive, insofar as the pending proceedings were concerned.

Explore the latest developments in global trade policy, including forced labor regulations, WTO disputes, and India's Foreign Trade Policy amendments. This comprehensive update covers trade remedial actions, new Standard Input Output Norms, and critical changes affecting international commerce and compliance requirements.

India's Directorate General of Trade Remedies has launched an anti-dumping investigation into Cold Rolled Grain Oriented Electrical Steel and Amorphous Metal imports from Japan, China, Korea, and Russia. This investigation carries significant implications for Japanese steel producers and exporters, particularly given Japan's leadership in manufacturing premium grain-oriented electrical steel and India's growing demand for transformer-grade materials. The notification raises critical questions about product

The recent developments in the United States concerning Gautam Adani, Sagar Adani and Adani Enterprises Limited have been received in India through two vastly different perspectives. For some, the proposed settlement of civil proceedings and the reported movement towards dismissal of criminal proceedings represent a significant easing of legal pressure. For others, the very fact that the proceedings were brought remains the more important point. Both readings capture part of the story, but neither fully explains why the episode matters for the Indian business ecosystem.