Navigating the zee-sony merger: insights and challenges

Navigating the Zee-Sony Merger: Insights and Challenges

One of the most significant business transactions to ever occur in the Indian entertainment industry is the Zee-Sony merger. One of the India-based subsidiaries of the Japanese company Sony Pictures Networks, Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited ("Sony") (now...

Vidarbha industries power limited v. Axis bank limited

Vidarbha Industries Power Limited v. Axis Bank Limited

INTRODUCTION  The Supreme Court on 12th July 2022, in Vidarbha Industries Power Ltd. v Axis Bank Ltd. [1] held that Section 7(5)(a) of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (“IBC”) is directory. Enunciating on the same, the Supreme Court held that National Company Law...

Powers of shareholders and directors: a brief recapitulation

Powers of Shareholders and Directors: A Brief Recapitulation

Introduction The shareholders being the owners of a company, appoint directors in a company and directors acting as agents of a company play a significant role in effectuating the business operation of a company and taking key managerial decisions in accordance with...

Navigating the digital realm : right to privacy

Navigating the Digital Realm : Right to Privacy

The concept of the right to privacy is widely acknowledged as a fundamental human right, and this is explicitly articulated in Article 12 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family,...

Cinematograph (amendment) bill, 2023: an invasion on piracy

Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2023: An Invasion on Piracy

Introduction Films have always been a great source of entertainment for the masses. While the budgets infused into films/cinema, multiplexes have gone up exponentially, films and people involved in making such films have always suffered due to the overwhelming...

The law on amendment of pleadings in civil suits

The Law On Amendment Of Pleadings In Civil Suits

I. OVERVIEW: Order VI Rules 17 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (the ‘Civil Procedure Code’) forms the  cornerstone of the law on the amendment of pleadings. The said rule is reproduced below for your  reference:  Amendment of pleadings. The Court may at any stage...

An overview of real estate laws and regulations applicable in india

An Overview of Real Estate Laws and Regulations Applicable in India

1. Overview A transaction in real estate in India must take into consideration: The legal and contractual capacity of the transferor to transfer the property or interest proposed to be transferred; The legal and contractual capacity of the transferee to acquire and...