Does Reliance On The Defendant’s Registered Office And An Exclusive Jurisdiction Clause Confer Jurisdiction In Commercial Suits?

Authors: Mr. Samir Malik (Partner), Mr. Mahip Singh (Associate Partner) and Ms. Ayushi Pandey (Associate) Introduction Despite over three decades of settled jurisprudence, Indian commercial litigation continues to suffer from a basic and recurring jurisdictional error: the assumption that a suit can be validly instituted merely because the defendant’s registered office is located within the […]

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Navigating The Layering Rules: Scope, Exceptions, Interpretation And Applicability To LLPS

Authors: Mr. Hemang Parekh (Partner) Ms. Aishwarya Kapoor (Principal Associate) INTRODUCTION The corporate world has long leveraged complex organizational structures to optimize operations, manage risk, and achieve efficiency. However, governments have introduced legislative curbs on such complex multi-layered corporate structures. In India, one such regulatory intervention is the Companies (Restriction on Number of Layers) Rules, […]

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The Unbreachable Sanctum Reinforcing Legal Professional Privilege in India and Its Critical Implications for Competition Law

Authors: Kanika Chaudhary Nayar (Partner) and Ishan Handa (Associate) I. A Privilege Reaffirmed The recent judgement of the Supreme Court of India in Re: Summoning Advocates who give legal opinion[1] is not merely a legal ruling; it is a profound jurisprudential restatement of the very foundations of a robust justice delivery system. At its heart, […]

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RFNBO Certification – Leveling dissonances between EU and Indian scenarios

Authors: Anjan Dasgupta (Partner) and Yashaswini Basu (Associate) Owing to the abundance of renewable energy in India, India is posited to be a major exporter of green hydrogen and substantially cater to Europe’s burgeoning green hydrogen needs against the backdrop of its proactive decarbonatisation goals. Leveraging the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), India aims to […]

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Legal Update – From Legislation to Action – Tracking the New Labour Codes

Authors: Mr. Suyash Srivastava (Partner); Mr. Kumar Prem Anand (Associate Partner) Introduction In one of the most significant and awaited legislative developments in India’s labour landscape, the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India (“Ministry”) has notified the implementation of the four (4) consolidated labour codes, namely the Code on Wages, 2019 (“COW”), the […]

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Legal Update – Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025

Authors: Mr. Rishi Anand (Partner), Mr. Chirag Jain (Associate Partner), Ms. Shreya Singh (Senior Associate), Ms. Ria Mishra (Associate) and Ms. Drishti Jain (Associate) After months of anticipation, the Government has now notified the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (“DPDP Rules”), marking a significant step toward full operationalisation of the Digital Personal Data Protection […]

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Understanding the 2025 Amendment to India’s Intermediaries Rules

Authors: Mr. Rishi Anand (Partner) and Mr. Dhruv Bhatnagar (Principal Associate) Introduction On October 22, 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2025 (“2025 Amendment”), amending Rule 3(1)(d) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, […]

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Due Diligence over Due Process? Analysing the Karnataka High Court’s ruling on Rule 3(1)(d) and the Sahyog Portal

Authors: Mr. Rishi Anand (Partner), Mr. Dhruv Bhatnagar (Principal Associate), and Ms.Deeksha Dubey (Associate) Introduction On September 24, 2025, the Karnataka High Court pronounced its judgment in X Corp (formerly Twitter) v. Union of India, rejecting X Corp’s constitutionality challenge against Rule 3(1)(d) of the 2021 IT Rules and the government’s Sahyog portal (dubbed the […]

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CIC Club: First Rule, Are We Even an NBFC?

Authors: Snigdha Prakash ( Senior Associate) and Shreya Singh (Senior Associate) As corporate ambitions stretch across sectors and geographies, companies are on the constant lookout for efficient ways to scale and manage growth across diverse verticals. In this pursuit, the playbook move is to place a parent entity at the helm, steering the ship, controlling […]

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