Legal Risks in Cross-Border Commercial Contracts
Cross-Border commercial contracts are agreements between parties that are based in different countries to conduct trade, provide services, or make investments. These contracts are common in international trade, outsourcing, technology transfers, and foreign investments. While these contracts help in the global expansion of businesses, they also involve various legal risks that are not present in […]
India’s Trade strategy in 2025-26 Free trade agreement with UK, Oman and New Zealand
Introduction: Trade Strategy in Context The period 2025-26 represents a dynamic era for the external trade policy of India, as the nation began to adopt a paradigm shift from multilateral FTA regimes to bilateral FTA agreements with some of its most preferred partners like the UK, Oman, and New Zealand. Although the Indian government had […]
SEBI’s Lock-in Norms for Pre-IPO Investors
SEBI’s Lock-in Norms for Pre-IPO Investors Introduction The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is the premier regulator of India’s capital markets and plays a central role in governing how companies raise capital from public investors via mechanisms such as Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). One of the key components of its regulatory framework is […]
When Pollution Enters the Courtroom: How the Supreme Court’s Shift to Virtual Hearings Reflects a New Era of Climate-Driven Judicial Operations
The Supreme Court of India has recently announced that the lawyers should argue their cases online since the environment of New Delhi is under the hazardous conditions wherein the air quality has reached to the almost lower level, making it problematic for the people to breathe. For decades, Delhi’s pollution has been taken as a […]
India’s Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPA)
Introduction The deeper bilateral trade arrangements of India are sometimes referred to as CEPA; India also has almost similar agreements with terms such as CECA/CECPA/CEPA with the various partners. Consider below such a combination of comprehensive economic partnership tools (goods, services, investment, economic cooperation) as a family and profile five key partners: South Korea, Japan, […]
COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS
Introduction The India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) that became effective on May 1, 2022, is a radical change in the bilateral economic relationships between the two countries. The pace at which this agreement was negotiated is highly remarkable, as the agreement took only 88 days between its inception and finalisation, which is the shortest […]
Data Protection and AI Governance: Implications for Indian Corporates under DPDP Act, 2023
Introduction The DPDP bill, 2023 provided for a statutory rights-and-responsibilities-based regime with regard to personal data processing in India. Meanwhile, artificial-intelligence (AI) systems — particularly machine-learning models fuelled by big data — are watching over product, service and process pipelines across industries. At the point where these trends meet, we have growing organisational challenges—which I […]
REASSESSING THE UNITED STATES INDIA TARIFF WAR ECONOMIC, STRATEGIC, AND LEGAL DIMENSIONS
REASSESSING THE “UNITED STATES–INDIA” TARIFF WAR Introduction Following India’s independence in 1947, the United States (U.S.) and India trade relations developed through alternating phases of partnership and dispute. Today, the United States stands as India’s largest trading partner, with bilateral trade reaching approximately USD 120 billion in 2024–25. Both nations, as two of the world’s […]
The Legal Frontier Of Ai-Generated Content Who Owns What In 2025
The Legal Frontier Of Ai-Generated Content: Who Owns What In 2025? There was a song released in the summer of 2023, called Heart on My Sleeve, allegedly a joint effort of superstar Drake and The Weeknd, that went streaming-viral, generating millions of plays. The twist? The two artists did not take part in any way. […]
How the Legal Services for DIFC Arbitration Cases Differ from Onshore UAE Proceedings
In the UAE, the legal system is divided into two main parts—onshore and offshore. These two systems operate very differently, especially when it comes to how legal services are provided and how disputes are handled. One of the most well-known offshore jurisdictions in the UAE is the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), which has its […]