2026
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No reformatio in peius & other ambiguous declarations of law in Saudi Arabian Airlines v. Union of India
The recent judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Saudi Arabian Airlines v Union of India,…
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Search & Seizure of Law Offices & the need to reconsider IN RE: Summoning Advocates who give legal opinion or represent parties during investigation of cases and related issues
The uneasy interface between criminal investigation and the legal profession is once again under scrutiny in…
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Comparison of Quasi-Judicial & Related Powers of SEBI, PFRDA, IRDAI & CCI
The Indian regulatory landscape for financial markets, pensions, insurance and competition is anchored in four core…
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Does the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019 over-ride or (impliedly) repeal State Depositor Protection Laws in view of the judgment in Raveendran Pilla & Ors. v State of Kerala & Ors.?
The enactment of the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019 (“BUDS Act”) marked a significant…
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Secured creditor rights & the need to reconsider the judgment in National Spot Exchange Ltd v. Union of India
Secured creditors are generally placed at a higher level, be it the waterfall mechanism under the…
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Mutual fund units, Unit trusts or Pooled Investment Trusts: Public Trusts or Private Trusts?
The rapid growth of the Indian mutual fund industry and other pooled investment vehicles has renewed…
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Erroneous classification of GDR’s as ‘securities’ under the proposed “Securities Markets Code”: A critique of the Supreme Court’s judgment in SEBI v Pan Asia Advisors Ltd.
The “Securities Markets Code” proposes to specifically define ‘securities’ as including ‘Global Depository Receipts’ [GDRs] along…
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Will employers take the sympathetic middle course of ‘termination without stigma’ after the judgment in Baljinder Kaur Nangal Chopra v. Alfa Laval India Pvt. Ltd?
The recent judgment in Baljinder Kaur Nangal Chopra v. Alfa Laval India Pvt. Ltd. [2026 SCC…