Section 454 of the Companies Act, 2013 authorises the Registrar of Companies to impose penalties against any non-compliance or default committed by the company, officer who is in default or any other person as the case may be.

Dark Patterns are deceptive web or UI designs or patterns used in web-based or mobile-based platforms, intended to manipulate or trick the decision of a consumer by deceiving them to do something that is determinantal to his interest.

The RBI has recently issued a new regulatory framework for Payment Aggregators of Cross Border Transactions, which brings all entities facilitating cross-border payment transactions for import and export of goods and services under direct regulation of the RBI.

The article analyses the impact of Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 on processing of employee data by businesses for a variety of purposes, including performance assessment, extending various benefits, payroll, legal compliance and occasionally to safeguard employer’s interests.

The article in this issue of Corporate Amicus discusses laws relating to termination of employees and workmen in India. It summarises various requirements under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders)...

The article in this issue of Corporate Amicus discusses elaborately the implications of the new Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 for the financial entities and the fin-tech sector. It, in this regard, discusses topics like, meeting consent and notice requirements; interplay with sectoral regulations; legitimate purposes for processing;

Withdrawal of corporate insolvency proceeding even prior to formation of committee of creditors

Revival of the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (‘CIRP’) proceedings refers to the restoration of the already withdrawn CIRP by a creditor which generally happens upon the breach of the settlement agreement pursuant to which the application for CIRP also gets withdrawn.

The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court recently in the case of N.N. Global Mercantile Pvt. Ltd. v. Indo Unique Flame Ltd. held that arbitration cannot be invoked when the arbitration agreement or clause is contained in an unstamped or insufficiently stamped agreement or...

While the inclusion of interest amounts in ‘financial debt’, for the purposes of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, is clearly provided for, the interest component in the case of ‘operational debt’ has always been a point of contention.