Adv. Harjeet Singh

The SEBI (ICDR) Amendment Regulations, 2026, notified in March 2026, make two practical changes to how a company runs a public issue in India. Depositories can now record encumbered pre-issue shares as non-transferable for the lock-in period on the issuer’s instruction, where a lock-in cannot otherwise be created, and a draft abridged prospectus must be […]

The SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 2026 were notified on 14 January 2026 and came into force on 1 April 2026, replacing the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996. The recast pulls two frameworks that had arrived separately, the MF Lite regime for passive funds and Specialized Investment Funds, into one instrument, and it fixes the meaning

The SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026, notified on 20 January 2026, raised the threshold for a High Value Debt Listed Entity (HVDLE) from Rs 1,000 crore to Rs 5,000 crore of outstanding listed non-convertible debt securities. The change takes roughly two-thirds of current HVDLEs out of the corporate governance regime that

In arbitration in India, evidence and cross-examination are governed not by the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 but by Section 19 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, which frees the tribunal from the Evidence Act and the Code of Civil Procedure while leaving the principles of natural justice intact. Parties still lead documentary evidence, file

An arbitral award is the decision an arbitral tribunal makes to finally determine a dispute referred to arbitration, and it binds the parties much as a court judgment would. In India it is governed by the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, which sets out its form and contents in Section 31: the award must be

Interim relief in arbitration is available from two sources: a court under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, and the arbitral tribunal under Section 17 of the same Act. Section 9 runs across the whole life of a dispute, before the arbitration begins, while it is on foot, and after the award

The SEBI (Stock Brokers) Regulations, 2026 were notified on 7 January 2026 and repealed the SEBI (Stock Brokers) Regulations, 1992 on the same day. Eleven chapters and fifty-one regulations replace an instrument that had absorbed three decades of amendments and a large body of circulars. Existing registrations continue untouched, and no broker was required to

The IBC Amendment Act 2026 changes the position of creditors and resolution professionals mainly through provisions that came into force on 26 May 2026, which make admission of a financial creditor’s application mandatory within fourteen days, bar withdrawal at two defined stages, re-anchor the avoidance look-back window, and put the committee of creditors in charge

Drafting a statement of claim and statement of defence in an Indian arbitration is governed by Section 23 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, which requires the claimant to state the facts supporting its claim, the points at issue and the relief sought, and the respondent to answer them. Section 23(4), inserted by the

The appointment of arbitrators under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 runs on the procedure the parties agreed, and the court steps in only when that procedure fails. A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India held in November 2024 that the principle of equal treatment applies at the appointment stage,