Adv. Harjeet Singh

Kunal Vajani Fox & Mandal joint managing partner Kunal Vajani has demitted his office and is now set to start independent domestic and international litigation & ADR practice. Vajani specialises in litigation and arbitration with his practice ranging across a wide spectrum of civil, criminal and company matters. He has also been appointed as an […]

GEHealthCare South Asia has added Kishore Shetty as general counsel. Before this, Shetty was the general counsel at Schneider Electric. As Schneider Electric’s GC, Shetty headed the legal team for Greater India Zone, overseeing EPC contracts, product contracts, and mergers & acquisitions. He managed corporate secretarial duties, risk assessment, employment matters, and code of conduct

JSA Boardroom Connect kicks off in Delhi on January 13 The governance rulebook is being rewritten in real time. More than 60 percent of Indian companies now view regulatory and enforcement risk as a primary business concern, a figure significantly higher than global averages. Enforcement actions that once took months now unfold in days. When

Zee Entertainment calls proxy firm’s governance report biased Zee Entertainment has termed proxy advisory firm InGovern Research Services‘ call for shareholder activism against the company as biased and devoid of any new issues. The entertainment company, which has been under regulatory glare over corporate governance issues, said the timing of InGovern’s report was suspect as

After Tiger Global ruling, Income Tax dept sends notices to foreign VCs, PE funds Mumbai: Emboldened by the Supreme Court’s decision to deny tax benefits to the US investment firm Tiger Global, India’s tax office has over the last fortnight served notices to at least seven overseas venture capital and private equity houses. The Income

Govt amends IT rules, with focus on AI content The Centre’s amendments to the Information Technology rules notified on Wednesday defined and brought artificial intelligence (AI) generated content under the legal ambit, mandating labelling requirements for AI content, and new obligations for both users and platforms. The amendments also sent shock waves in the social

Justice Talwant Singh UAE-based Khaled Al-Marri & Partners has added former Delhi High Court judge Justice Talwant Singh, as honorary chair to the firm’s advisory board. After remitting office, Justice Singh was a legal director at the firm since September 2024. Justice Singh was elevated as a permanent Judge of the Delhi High Court in

SEBI Embraces Principle-Based Assessment in Proposed ‘Fit and Proper’ Criteria From proposals of removing FIR-based automatic disqualifications to restricting voting rights instead of forced divestments, India’s securities regulator has proposed major amendments to the ‘fit and proper criteria’ in schedule II of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008. Currently, SEBI regulates

NCLT clears Hotel Horizon resolution; NCLAT bars equity creation for now The National Company Law Tribunal has approved Hotel Horizon’s acquisition by the consortium of Oberoi Realty, Shree Naman Developers and JM Financial Properties and Holdings. The company has admitted liabilities of Rs 1,293 crore, whereas the successful bidder’s plan proposes to shell out Rs

Digital arrest scams: Supreme Court raises alarm over bank officials’ role New Delhi: Calling the siphoning of monies by scamsters in digital arrest cases as “absolute robbery and dacoity”, the Supreme Court on Monday raised serious concerns over the possible “collusion” or “negligence” of bank officials in such fraudulent transactions “In their over anxiety of