Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan is a full-service law firm based in India. The firm has offices in 14 cities and has over 400 professionals specializing in areas such as corporate & commercial laws, dispute resolution, taxation and intellectual property.
Over the last three decades, we have worked with a variety of clients – start-ups, small & medium enterprises, large Indian corporates and multinational companies.
Our professionals have experience of working in both traditional sectors such as commodities, automobile, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals and modern sectors such as e-commerce, big data, renewables.
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NEWS
20 March 2023
Based on the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (‘FATF’), the Finance Ministry, vide Notification dated 7 March 2023 has brought cryptocurrency exchanges within the ambit of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (‘PMLA’ or ‘Act’) by including them within the definition of ‘reporting entity’.
NEWS
10 March 2023
The Bombay High Court has on 8 March 2023 held that the signatory of the cheque, authorized by the ‘Company’, is not the ‘drawer’ and that such signatory cannot be directed to pay interim compensation in terms of Section 143A of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (‘NI Act’), leaving aside the company.
NEWS
07 March 2023
In a dispute where the question involved was whether the arbitrability should be under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Act or under the SEZ Act, 2005, the Telangana High Court has held that since Section 42 of the SEZ Act is a statutory provision with a non-obstante clause, it would have an overriding effect over clause 23 of the development agreement.
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