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Do valuation reports come with an expiry date?
This is a common question from companies that are especially involved in early stage funding. A valuation report is a document from a...
Team HS LAW
Jun 92 min read


TOWARDS A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SYSTEM
It’s refreshing to usher in community service as a form of progressive punishment through the newly implemented criminal laws under the...
Sheeba Cathrein
Jan 303 min read


The Rising Imperative of Cybersecurity Compliance in India’s Financial Sector
Recently, an online trading company settled with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for multiple violations and...
Urmila
Jan 62 min read


Registration Alert for Aggregators
In an effort to organize gig worker participation, the Ministry of Labour & Employment in a recent notification dated September 16, 2024 ...
Sheeba Cathrein
Oct 9, 20241 min read


OPENING SEPARATE BANK ACCOUNTS IN M&A
In the world of finance and investment, the concept of private placement has become a preferred choice for companies seeking infusion of...
Ankit Parikh
Sep 11, 20232 min read


Necessity of Witnesses for Executing a Contract
Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed. - Epicurus A witness is anyone who has...
Nishtha Singh
Aug 29, 20233 min read


Can Superman live stream from the sky?
We don’t know about that, but we can tell you what the law is for you to be able to do that. Internet facilities inside an airplane - a...
Sivabagyam
Jul 5, 20234 min read


Validity of Unstamped Arbitration Agreements
Is an unstamped or insufficiently stamped arbitration agreement legally valid and enforceable in India? This question was taken into...
Sivabagyam
May 18, 20234 min read


AI & the Law
The ripple effect of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and Machine Learning (“ML”) amongst Indian regulations was acutely visible when, the...
Vincy Gandhi
Mar 15, 20233 min read


Startups & Finance Bill 2023
Quick Summary Points of Finance Bill 2023 For the benefit of startups and micro, small and medium enterprises, we are outlining below,...
Aditya Rao
Feb 6, 20234 min read


Recent Trends in Gaming and Gambling Laws
In recent times, states such as Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have been pro-actively seeking to amend laws relating to gaming and gambling....
Vincy Gandhi
Nov 4, 20223 min read


Towards Digital Inclusion
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (‘MEITY’) recently amended the First Schedule to the Information Technology Act,...
Harini Subramani
Oct 11, 20221 min read
Exceptions to Digital Signatures
The impact of the COVID19 pandemic has brought to the fore an important facet of executing documents: an accelerated use of digital modes...
Harini Subramani
Dec 30, 20212 min read


The Stamping Conundrum
The law governing the payment of stamp duty in India are the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 and the respective state stamp acts. Both the Centre...
Harini Subramani
Aug 26, 20212 min read
Breather for MSMEs
Ten days short of a year since the notification of June 26, 2020 (“Notification”) which inter alia re-classified MSMEs, the Ministry of...
Harini Subramani
Jul 4, 20211 min read
What’s new for Startups?
By now, many of you would have no doubt read the new definition of a “start-up”. The major changes from the earlier definition, include: ...
Harini Subramani
May 31, 20172 min read
Breather for Angel Funds
In a recent board meeting (November 23, 2016), SEBI has relaxed and altered certain criteria relating to angel funds by amending the...
Harini Subramani
Dec 5, 20161 min read
FDI reporting for startups & others
In order to promote ease of reporting under the Government of India’s e-Biz project, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made e-filing...
Harini Subramani
May 20, 20163 min read
FDI in e-commerce
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) issued guidelines today relating to foreign direct investment in the e-commerce...
Harini Subramani
Mar 29, 20161 min read
GoI’s Action Plan for Start-ups
The Government revealed its new start up India document. It went beyond the plan and has released an Action Plan, a pdf document that you...
Harini Subramani
Jan 18, 20162 min read
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