India: Corporate and Company Law

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has introduced the Companies Compliance Facilitation Scheme, 2026, offering Indian companies a limited-time opportunity to regularize pending statutory filings at significantly reduced fees. Will your company take advantage of this one-time compliance window before the August 2026 deadline, or risk facing full penalties and potential strike-off proceedings?

Building a successful business requires more than offering quality products or services. A strong brand identity often becomes one of the company's most valuable assets. This is why TM Registration Support for Business plays a significant role in protecting brand value and supporting long term growth.

When SpaceX listed on NASDAQ in June 2026, its underwriters Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley did not just underwrite the base offering of 555.6 million shares. They sold an additional 83.3 million shares on top of it. Within two weeks, with the stock up 19 percent on day one and the underwriters exceeded that allocation in full. Taking total proceeds to USD 85.7 billion, the largest IPO in recorded capital market history. The extra USD 10.7 billion was there because someone decided to include a green shoe option before the IPO even opened.

SEBI has introduced a new mechanism for handling lock-in requirements for pledged shares in public issues, requiring companies to amend their Articles of Association to ensure pledged equity shares remain locked-in even after pledge invocation or release. The circular establishes specific procedural requirements for issuers, including mandatory notifications to lenders and pledgees at key stages of the public offering process.

The webinar “Investing in India – Public M&A” hosted by Khaitan & Co, has been designed to enhance the understanding of key issues relevant to existing and prospective foreign investors doing business in India. The session focuses on public mergers and acquisitions (M&A), specifically the processes involved in acquiring, merging with, or taking a controlling stake in an Indian listed company.

Compulsory convertible debenture (“CCDs”) occupies a unique and increasingly contentious space in corporate law and allied fields of practice. These instruments are structured to start as debentures as was fundamentally contemplated under in the language of Section 71 of the Companies Act 2013 (“Companies Act”) which treats Debentures as ‘debt’.

The Assessee1 transferred a depreciable capital asset and computed capital gain from it at INR 752.34 Crores in accordance with the provisions of Section 50 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (‘the Act’).

The recent developments in the United States concerning Gautam Adani, Sagar Adani and Adani Enterprises Limited have been received in India through two vastly different perspectives. For some, the proposed settlement of civil proceedings and the reported movement towards dismissal of criminal proceedings represent a significant easing of legal pressure. For others, the very fact that the proceedings were brought remains the more important point. Both readings capture part of the story, but neither fully explains why the episode matters for the Indian business ecosystem.

In Nagaraj V. Mylandla vs. PI Opportunities Fund-I [2026 INSC 298], the Supreme Court considered a recurring problem in foreign award enforcement: whether an award debtor, after unsuccessfully challenging an award before the court at the seat, can resist enforcement in India by re-framing the same objections as questions of Indian public policy.