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Supreme Court ruling: Company criminal liability upheld even without director indictment in cheating casesThe Supreme Court ruled criminal cases against companies can proceed without specific individuals named. This decision impacts corporate cr...- NCLAT upholds SFIO's power to seek disgorgement of assets in IL&FS-linked caseNCLAT has dismissed appeals by audit firm BSR & Associates LLP and former partner N Sampath Ganesh, upholding SFIO’s authority to pursue as...
- India may need data pact with US to tighten CSAM crackdownTwo years after the Supreme Court clarified that reporting suspected CSAM to a foreign organisation does not absolve a platform of criminal...
- For MSMEs, compliance is becoming a test of operational readiness, not just paperworkMSMEs often have filings in place, but they struggle with contractor compliance, licence renewals, workplace safety, and inspection readine...
- Motor insurance bills could feel the pinch as insurers crack down on third-party fraudMotor insurers are intensifying efforts to curb third-party claim fraud as rising court awards and more uninsured vehicles increase pressur...
- 'Resign or we will terminate you': HC advocate shares how to avoid this HR ultimatum and forced resignation trapCompanies often pressure employees into resigning to avoid legal obligations. As per a HC advocate, a forced resignation under threat is no...
- Accounting fraud: Every time, the same queue. The company, the auditor, and shareholders at the endBy the time a “going-concern” paragraph appears in an audit report, the trouble is usually several quarters old. The earlier signals are el...
- Finance ministry, NFRA officials brief Par panel on corporate laws amendment billParliament's joint committee received briefings on the Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, from Finance Ministry officials and the Natio...
- View: Why India needs a new law regarding corporate criminal liabilityThe new approach needs to take into account the travails faced by people facing such prosecutions. Mechanisms have to be built to ensure th...
- Five industry bodies including CII and FICCI objected to IT rulesThese letters, written by CII, FICCI, Assocham, US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) and the US India Business Council (USIBC) poi...
- Tech companies lobby for change in IT rulesIndustry lobbies are also pressing the government to finalise and publish the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for relevant provisions,...
- Industry groupings seek withdrawal of personal liability provisionIAMAI said the personal liability clause for the chief compliance officer should be “replaced by an appropriate provision which is “proport...
- IBC to trump PMLA in case of corporate debtors, not wrongdoers: SCIn a ruling that will have a bearing on several high-profile insolvency cases, the Supreme Court has clarified that proceedings against a c...
- Government plans to decriminalise compoundable offences under LLP ActIn a public draft on Friday, the MCA listed 20 sections of the LLP Act, ranging from registration or change of designated partners to maint...
- Government has proposed amendments to companies law, says Finance Minister in Budget speechThe corporate affairs ministry, which is also helmed by Sitharaman, would be seeking amendments to the Companies Act, 2013, to decriminalis...
- CSR violations not to be treated as criminal offence: Nirmala Sitharaman"CSR violations... not be be treated as criminal offence and will be civil liability," Sitharaman, who also holds the charge of the corpora...
- Delhi University's 3-day moot court competition to begin on January 16The George Washington University Law School, USA, and Campus Law Centre, Delhi University will jointly organise "The Advocacy Workshop on J...
- Supreme Court to hear pleas of Sunil Mittal, Airtel tomorrowThe SC will hear tomorrow a plea of Sunil Bharti Mittal, CMD of Bharti Cellular Limited, against his summoning as an accused in a corruptio...
- Criminal liability catches up with companiesIt held that there is no immunity to companies from prosecution merely because the prosecution is in respect of offences for which punishme...
- Don't mix emotions with law : KhurshidAmid outrage over Bhopal gas verdict, Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said a special law is needed for such disasters.
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