The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has through its Public Notice bearing No. L-1/257/2020/CERC dated 17 June 2025 released the draft CERC (Power Market) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2025 (Draft Power Market Amendment Regulations) inviting comments / suggestions / objections from stakeholders on or before 14 July 2025.
In Rupali Shah v Adani Wilmer & Ors, 2025:BHC-OS:8516 a single-judge bench of the Bombay High Court clarified how pre-1970 music-assignment contracts ought to be interpreted in the digital streaming era.
The Suit involved claims concerning copyright infringement, payment of royalties, and the grant of a perpetual assignment of copyright. Among the issues before the court were complex questions of law and fact that had not previously been adjudicated, particularly in the context of interpreting the provisions of the Copyright Act, as amended in 2012.
Khaitan & Co advised the Blackstone Group in its acquisition of South City Projects (Kolkata) Ltd (“SCPKL”) from its existing shareholders, comprising of Merlin Group, Sureka Group, Emami Group, JB Group, Shrachi Group and Rameswara Group. SCPKL houses the iconic “South City Mall” in Kolkata, West Bengal.
Khaitan & Co successfully represented a leading global IT/ITeS and business process outsourcing company before the Central Government Industrial Tribunal-I (CGIT-I), Mumbai, in a statutory appeal under the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (EPF Act). The Firm secured an interim order dated 22 May 2025, staying the impugned order passed under Section 7A of the EPF Act, which had assessed a liability of INR 26.08 crores, subject to a deposit of only 10% of the assessed amount.
The Ministry for Home Affairs, Union of India, has recently announced a new initiative of the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre, mandating registration of zero FIRs in all cases where a cyber crime is reported on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal and/or on the National Cyber Crime Helpline - 1930, which involves a financial amount in excess of INR 10 Lacs (initial limit).
On 16 May 2025, the Supreme Court in Vanashakti v Union of India 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1139 struck down the notification dated 14 March 2017 and Office Memorandum dated 7 July 2021 issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), holding that ex-post facto Environmental Clearances (ECs) violate the constitutional right to a pollution-free environment under Article 21.
