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 […]
Legal Framework for Granting Interest-Free Loans to Subsidiaries as per Companies Act, 2013
Introduction Within a structure with a parent and subsidiary companies this is often within the form of investment being given by the members of the parent company to its subsidiaries. Such loans are meant to cover working capital needs, investments or expansion plans. The question which frequently comes up is whether such loans can be […]
Dubai Mainland Company Setup: A Gateway to Unlimited Growth
Introduction Dubai has grown into a major global business hub, strategically located between East and West and supported by strong infrastructure, pro-investor policies, and global connectivity. While free zones and offshore entities have attracted investors through tax and ownership benefits, they also limit market access within the UAE. In contrast, a mainland company allows businesses […]
India Adopting Organised Tax Structure- September 2025 Paves The Way For Tax Reforms
OVERVIEW The Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman on the 56th Meeting of the GST Council had approved the Nex-Gen GST reforms. These much-awaited reforms, once colloquially referred to as the “Gabbar Singh Tax,” have now been redefined as the “Gareeb Seva Tax,” reflecting their primary focus on improving the lives of the middle and […]
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 […]
How HSN Code Changes Affect International Trade Compliance
How HSN Code Changes Affect International Trade Compliance Introduction Harmonized System of Nomenclature (HSN Code) is among the most important systems for trade, tax, and tariff purposes. It’s a uniform system of classifying products — from pianos to plastics to pork bellies — across the world, which standardizes the way that products are identified, described […]