Key legal issues for tech start-ups in India

The Uniform Code for Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices, 2024 – impact on India’s pharma industry

Jun 5, 2024

Download .pdf The Department of Pharmaceuticals (the “DoP”) recently notified the Uniform Code for Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices 2024 (“UCPMP 2024”), in supersession of the UCPMP issued in 2014 (“UCPMP 2014”). This article discusses the revisions made and...

Arbitrators can calculate damages on the basis of “honest guesswork” if there is insufficient evidence

Apr 29, 2024

Download .pdf Recently, in the case of Cobra Instalaciones Y Servicios v. Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd, the Delhi High Court (DHC) upheld the quantification of loss in an award by arbitrators done through “honest guesswork” as there was insufficient evidence on...

India’s insurance regulator rings in a new regulatory framework for insurance businesses

Apr 18, 2024

Download .pdf In a significant move, aimed at improving the efficacy and efficiency of the insurance sector and achieving the objective of “Insurance for All by 2047,” the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (the “IRDAI”), at its recent board...

Telecom entities have no obligation to withhold tax on discounts offered through distributors

Apr 2, 2024

Download .pdf In a recent ruling in the Bharti Cellular Limited case (the “Taxpayer”), India’s Supreme Court has held that because a “principal-agent” relationship does not exist between the Taxpayer and the distributor, the discounts offered by the Taxpayer on SIM...

Fact-check units: Unchecked fact checkers

Mar 27, 2024

Download .pdf In the case of Kunal Kamra v. Union of India, on January 31, 2024, the petitioners challenged the constitutional validity of the 2023 amendment (the “2023 Amendment”) made to Rule 3(1)(b)(v) (pertaining to due diligence by an intermediary) (the “Impugned...

Foreign investment liberalised in India’s space sector

Mar 4, 2024

Download .pdf Recently, India's Union Cabinet approved a significant amendment (the “FDI Amendment”) to India’s Foreign Direct Investment (“FDI”) Policy (the “FDI Policy”) in the space sector. The FDI Amendment aims to open India’s space sector for foreign...

Key legal issues for tech start-ups in India

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The Uniform Code for Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices, 2024 – impact on India’s pharma industry

Arbitrators can calculate damages on the basis of “honest guesswork” if there is insufficient evidence

India’s insurance regulator rings in a new regulatory framework for insurance businesses

Telecom entities have no obligation to withhold tax on discounts offered through distributors

Fact-check units: Unchecked fact checkers

Foreign investment liberalised in India’s space sector

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