Parveen Arora
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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Prashant Mara
Aug 29, 20212 min read
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...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Aug 25, 20213 min read
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...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Aug 16, 20213 min read
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,...
Amit Jain
Aug 9, 20213 min read
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...
Prashant Mara
Aug 6, 20213 min read
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...
Prashant Mara
Jul 26, 20218 min read
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...
Parveen Arora
Jul 26, 20215 min read
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...
Devina Narvekar
Jul 14, 20217 min read
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...
Prashant Mara
Jul 14, 202110 min read
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,...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Jul 14, 20213 min read
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...
Kalindhi Bhatia
Jul 13, 20215 min read
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...
Arjun Paleri
Jul 12, 20212 min read
Engaging temporary contract workers in India
Arjun Paleri (Partner) & Jaya Ramachandran (Senior Associate) Temporary staffing arrangements are an attractive option for foreign...
Arjun Paleri
Jun 25, 20211 min read
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...
Parveen Arora
Jun 21, 20211 min read
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...
Prashant Mara
May 31, 20215 min read
India’s New Safe Harbor Law- Wait and Watch did not Work
- Prashant Mara and Vikram Jeet Singh Since India’s new intermediary laws were notified 3 months ago, they have existed in a curious...
Xerxes Antia
May 25, 20215 min read
Corporate Social Responsibility regime in India
As per the (Indian) Companies Act, 2013 (“Act”), companies in India having a net worth of INR 500 Crores or more, or a turnover of INR...
Prashant Mara
May 20, 20212 min read
Party autonomy to choose governing law and seat of arbitration
- Prashant Mara and Aishwarya Kaushiq The sanctity of arbitration agreements in India has been further strengthened by the recent Supreme...
Xerxes Antia
May 12, 20211 min read
MCA Updates - Special Measures - COVID-19
- Xerxes Antia and Piyush A Gohe The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has adopted certain special measures/relaxations in light of the...
Prashant Mara
May 12, 20211 min read
India Procurement Series: Risks and challenges in supplying to the government
- Prashant Mara and Devina Deshpande While the volume of public procurement opportunities in India holds tremendous economic potential...
Parveen Arora
May 6, 20211 min read
SC’s Order On Laying Underground Power Transmission Lines In GIB Habitats In Gujarat and Rajasthan
- Parveen Arora and Suruchi Kotoky There has been a recent development regarding laying of power transmission lines, which will affect...
Arjun Paleri
Mar 10, 20212 min read
Haryana – 75% of New Jobs Reserved for Local Candidates
- Arjun Paleri and Jaya Ramachandran The Government of the State of Haryana recently enacted (and brought into force) the Haryana State...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Mar 3, 20211 min read
Complying with India’s New Safe Harbour Rules
- Vikram Jeet Singh and Kalindhi Bhatia Businesses across the world are examining the impact of India’s new intermediary safe harbour...
Vikram Jeet Singh
Feb 26, 20213 min read
Government Notifies Stringent New Safe Harbour Rules for Intermediaries and Digital Media Companies
BTG Legal has set out some of the key new provisions that businesses should take into consideration for complying with the New IT Rules.
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