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Illustrative image The Delhi High Court’s division bench ruling in Boehringer Ingelheim v. Controller of Patents, upholding the maintainability of section 64 revocation petitions even post-patent expiry and alongside section 107 invalidity defenses in infringement suits, could reshape India’s USD 50 billion pharma market by tilting the balance toward generics and intensifying scrutiny on innovator […]

NCLAT dismisses Dhoot brothers’ plea in ₹5,354 crore SBI insolvency case New Delhi: The appellate tribunal NCLAT has dismissed petitions filed by two Dhoot brothers – Rajkumar Nandlal Dhoot and Pradeep Nandlal Dhoot, challenging the initiation of personal insolvency against them over a default committed by debt-ridden Videocon Industries. Personal Insolvency against the Dhoot brothers

No operational impact: SpiceJet to settle ₹144 cr dues per SC mandate SpiceJet has issued a statement following the Supreme Court of India’s decision declining to interfere with the earlier directive requiring the airline to deposit INR 144 crore in connection with its ongoing dispute with KAL Airways and Kalanithi Maran. The airline said it

Shipping Corporation fined: NSE, BSE impose Rs 5.42 lakh penalty each for Sebi norm violation Leading stock exchanges BSE and NSE have slapped a fine of Rs 5.42 lakh each on state-run Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) for non-compliance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi’s) listing regulations. The Navratna PSU informed about

Jindal Films’ class action suit: NCLAT declines to stay NCLT order New Delhi: The appellate tribunal NCLAT has declined to stay an order of the National Company Law Tribunal, which has admitted a class action petition against Jindal Poly Films, filed by its shareholders. A two-member NCLAT bench held that the petition filed by the

What the US Supreme Court’s tariff ruling really means for Indian exporters On February 20, 2026, the Court in a 6:3 ruling, that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorise the President to unilaterally impose tariffs. The decision invalidated the IEEPA based reciprocal tariffs that had pushed combined US duties on many

SEBI discontinues children’s and retirement mutual fund category, revamps scheme classification rules Mumbai, The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Thursday discontinued the solution-oriented mutual fund category, which includes children’s and retirement funds, and announced a major overhaul of mutual fund categorisation rules to bring more clarity and transparency for investors. The markets

Sudipta Chakraborty Sanofi India has appointed Sudipta Chakraborty as additional director and whole-time director effective March 1, 2026 for a 3-year term, subject to shareholder approval. Prior to joining Sanofi as general counsel in June 2025, Chakraborty was the vice president of group legal & compliance at Aditya Birla Group. Chakraborty comes with over 20

SC resumes final hearing on pleas related to retrospective EC to projects New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed hearing on a batch of pleas relating to grant of retrospective environmental clearance (EC) by the Centre and other authorities to projects found violating environmental norms on payment of heavy penalties. On November 18 last

SC issues fresh directions on SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed electoral authorities in West Bengal to ensure the submission of pending verification documents by 5 p.m. on February 26 to judicial officers overseeing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. A bench headed by