India: Corporate/Commercial Law

The Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI") has notified the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2025 on 8 September 2025...

As per Section 2(20) of the Companies Act, 2013, a "company" refers to an entity incorporated and registered under this Act or any prior company law. The word "company" originates from the Latin com (together) and panis (bread), symbolising a collective of individuals united by a shared purpose.

In a judgment delivered in the matter of The Management of Worth Trust vs. The Secretary, Worth Trust Workers Union, the Supreme Court of India reiterated the rights of workers under the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965

While institutional investors, global Private Equity (‘PE') giants, and Venture Capital (‘VC') funds continue to capture most of the direct investment market, over the past few years...

At the same time, modern deal making especially private equity and venture capital investment routinely seeks robust contractual protections and veto rights that, if drafted too aggressively, can be characterised as de facto control rather than mere investor protection.

The November 2025 edition of Fox & Mandal's newsletter examines reforms to the external commercial borrowing framework; Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025; SEBI's revisions to the RPT framework; RBI approval for enforcing damages awarded in a crossborder investment dispute; Undertaking by RPs for restitution of ED-attached assets; REIAs to directly sign PPAs with developers; and other changes in India's corporate, capital markets, infrastructure, insolvency, and banking sectors.

Family companies are typically incorporated and managed basis informal family arrangements and mutual trust, often without any third-party involvement such as professional executives and advisors.

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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India ("MCA") has issued a recent circular which came into force on December 1, 2025...

While institutional investors, global Private Equity (‘PE') giants, and Venture Capital (‘VC') funds continue to capture most of the direct investment market, over the past few years...

Blended finance is a structuring approach that uses catalytic capital from public or philanthropic sources to improve the risk–return profile of investments...

India's startup ecosystem has seen the emergence of various funding tools designed to address the challenges associated with early-stage fundraising.