'There's an app for that' - The recognition of gig workers in India
Extant labour laws in India only benefit permanent and fixed term employees, and do not confer any benefits to such gig workers.
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ICAP: India’s ‘cool’ new plan to combat rising temperatures
Climate Change is for real - at least by now we all seem reasonably convinced it is. With rising global temperatures and the frequency of natural disasters, there is a growing need to address climate change through effective revision and mitigation measures.
Home Buyers' right to trigger insolvency of Real Estate Developers upheld
The Supreme Court, in its much awaited judgment, has upheld the status of home buyers as financial creditors under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016.
When will-making goes digital: Why you should tread with caution
Recent times have seen a spate of online will-making websites and even mobile applications becoming popular.
It is explicitly provided in the IT Act 2000 that it shall not apply to wills, trusts and other testamentary dispositions.
Vehicle Recalls Under Motor Vehicles Act 2019: Financial Implications and Solutions - Opinion
The key highlights of the legislation and its potential impact have been attempted to be catalogued.
Delhi High Court: vacancies at Intellectual Property Appellate Board should not affect its functioning
The Delhi High Court has issued directions to facilitate the immediate functioning of the IPAB
The Non-Banking Financial Services Sector | Half-Yearly Newsletter
The Indian financial services sector (particularly the non-banking financial services sector) has been in the front-page news since October 2018. Last year, as the world marked the 10th anniversary of the global financial crisis triggered by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, ironically, the default on payments by certain large NBFCs (such as IL&FS), sparked panic across the sector.
New Beneficial Ownership Rules – Transactional Implications
Following through on India's commitment to align its regulatory framework with the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force, to check the misuse of multi-layered corporate entities for money laundering and other illegal activities, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), vide the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Amendment Act), amended the Companies Act, 2013 (Act) with an intent to strengthen beneficial ownership disclosures.
Dematerialisation Of Securities For Unlisted Companies – Recent Changes In Indian Law
Under Indian law, shares of an unlisted company could hitherto either be held in physical form (i.e., represented by letters of allotment / share certificates issued against such shares) or in dematerialised form (i.e., by opening an account with a depository participant, "Demat Account").
Supreme Court: disobedience of injunction must be wilful for criminal liability to apply
The trial court issued an interim injunction against UC Surendranath after Mambally's Bakery filed a suit to restrain him from using the MAMBALLY's BAKERY mark