Emphasis on Make in India Initiatives with Focus on Country of Origin Declaration Mandate
Parveen Arora and Suruchi Kotoky "Come, make in India. Come, manufacture in India. Sell in any country of the world but manufacture here....
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Supply Chain Accountability
Prashant Mara and Devina Deshpande A key component of ethical sourcing is ensuring the health and safety of each worker in the supply...
Bombay High Court stays OTT Code of Ethics under the new IT Rules
Vikram Jeet Singh and Kalindhi Bhatia In a significant development in the implementation of the Information Technology (Intermediary...
Indian Court ruling strikes down Tamil Nadu’s blanket ban on online gaming
Vikram Jeet Singh and Prashant Daga A new court ruling in India has held that online ‘games of skill’ such as rummy and poker are legal,...
Data localization – protection or protectionism?
By-Ramesh Vaidyanathan & Suyash Sarvankar With effect from July 22, Reserve Bank of India indefinitely barred Mastercard Inc. from...
India revokes retrospective applicability of tax on indirect share transfers
Amit Jain and Xerxes Antia Indian parliament proposes not to levy taxes on indirect transfers (i.e. transfer of shares of a foreign...
Tender Negotiations with the Indian Government
Prashant Mara and Devina Deshpande Upon the award of a government tender, there is typically very limited scope for vendors to negotiate...
BHR Series: Environmental harm and corporate liability
- Prashant Mara and Devina Deshpande Businesses the world over are increasingly being judged by regulators, stakeholders and civil...
Green Hydrogen in India: State of Play
Parveen Arora and Shloka Vaidialingam Hydrogen is a naturally occurring element in a gaseous form, which requires extraction from...
No Exclusivity Over Parts of a Composite Mark
By – Ramesh Vaidyanathan & Nidhi Tandon Generally, businesses opt to file for a composite mark, i.e., a descriptive word combined with...
Procurement disputes with the Indian Government
Devina Deshpande and Aishwarya Kaushiq Tenders in India – an introduction Public procurement contracts in India are awarded by public...
Business and Human Rights under India’s new labour codes
Prashant Mara and Devina Deshpande Introduction Baseline rights of workers in India have traditionally been dealt with under numerous,...
DoT - Revised Other Service Provider (OSP) Guidelines
On June 23, 2021, the Indian Telecom Ministry’s Department of Telecommunications (“DoT”) released a revised set of Guidelines for Other...
RBI’s 2021 Ban on Amex and Diner’s Club
The Latest Chapter in the Fight over Payment Data Localization A three year journey on payment data localization In April 2021, the...
Engaging temporary contract workers in India
Arjun Paleri (Partner) & Jaya Ramachandran (Senior Associate) Temporary staffing arrangements are an attractive option for foreign...
Working Remotely – Measuring and Enforcing Performance of Employees
- Arjun Paleri and Jaya Ramachandran With most of the workforce now working remotely, it brings into focus an employer’s ability to...
India aims to be the next aircraft financing and leasing hub
By- Ramesh Vaidyanathan & Mansi Singh The Indian aviation market has grown rapidly over the past decade and showed immense resilience...
Solar Manufacturing in India: Overview of production linked incentives for Solar PV Modules
- Parveen Arora and Suruchi Kotoky On November 11, 2020, the Union Cabinet had approved the introduction of Production Linked Incentive...
Acquitted but not forgotten
By – Ramesh Kalpathy Vaidyanathan & Suyash Sarvankar In an important development for the ‘right to be forgotten’, the Delhi High Court...
Regulatory tryst with traceability hits the privacy roadblock
By – Sharanya G Ranga & Suyash Sarvankar Last week, WhatsApp challenged before the Delhi High Court the traceability requirement imposed...
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