Dispute Resolution and Recovery Mechanisms for Indian Investors in the UAE
Introduction The healthy economic relationship between India and the UAE, where there is a cross-border trade of US$83.6 billion in FY2023-24, is buttressed by an elaborate legal system that safeguards investments. To Indian investors, it would be important to manoeuvre within this framework, particularly when there is a dispute. This has dramatically reinforced the ecosystem […]
How a Sound Can be Trademarked
Introduction Trademarks commonly consist of words, names, logos, or symbols that serve to identify the goods or services of one manufacturer or seller from the others. As the world revolves the development of branding and marketing, more and more companies have sought to create consumer recognition in non-traditional marks; colours, shapes, smells, sounds. Of these, […]
Economic Impact of Relaxed Export Rules on Indian E-Commerce and MSMEs
Introduction It is possible that a recent policy push — combining the DGFT draft proposals on inventory-based, export-only operations by e-commerce platforms and E-Commerce Export Hubs with the partial restoration of export remission schemes convictions — could hasten the process of importing India’s millions of MSMEs into cross-border e-commerce. Done right, they change can boost […]
Sanctions & Export Control Compliance Risks for Indian Companies in Global Trade
In the current era of an interconnected world economy, businesses involved in foreign trade are constantly faced with some of the most important issues there are —-sanctions and export control compliance. Indian firms, as they become more involved with expanding supply chains and markets globally are coming under closer scrutiny in terms of compliance with […]
FDI Compliance and Iran Transfer Restrictions
Foreign nationals may abide by the Indian laws in making their initial capital and the limitations on money transfers between Iran and India, but looking closely at the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) circulars, with special regard to the sanctions, as well as the changing legal environment. First […]
Immigration Compliance for Foreign Nationals in India
Overview The Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 (IFA), which will take effect on September 1, 2025, represents the most significant change in India’s immigration architecture in over 40 years. This law brings together several old-fashioned laws into one unified and complete act and provides more rigid and strict terms of compliance, computerization, and severity of […]
Digital Trade & Cross-Border E-Commerce
Introduction Global business is undergoing a fundamental transformation due to the fast digitization of global trade through cross-border e-commerce. Although it presents a market accessibility never seen before, particularly by SMEs, its operation is done on a legal framework that is both disjointed and lagging. This presents an intricate web of compliance dilemmas to both […]
Monetary Equivalents and Digital Assets Interpreting Legal Ambiguities under New Gaming Regulations
Introduction The gaming phenomenon has long since become a multibillion-dollar industry that far transcends entertainment, powered by digital assets, in-game currency and peer-to-peer banking. All of which leaves us with a central legal question as the line frays between playing for fun and playing to commerce: Just when does an in-game virtual product translate into […]
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 […]
Succession Rights of Maternal Relatives in the Context of Adoption
Background According to the traditional Hindu law (prior to the codification in 1956), adoption was more of a religious and social institution rather than a family arrangement. This was done in the ancient past to guarantee continuity of the lineage and performance of the funeral rites of the adoptive father. The adopted son was considered […]