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For years, the case for setting up in India was built largely around its market size, talent pool and cost advantages. Those factors remain important, but the legal and regulatory architecture is increasingly becoming part of the investment case.

As India's ESG disclosure requirements intensify and institutional investors demand climate accountability, a fundamental tension emerges between corporate dividend distributions and the capital needed for decarbonization. This analysis examines whether Indian boards can continue prioritizing shareholder payouts while deferring transition investments, and proposes a governance framework that treats carbon expenditure as a solvency test rather than an optional allocation.

The intersection of trademark law and digital advertising has long been a contested frontier. One of its most persistent flashpoints concerns the practice of keyword advertising, where a business pays a search engine to display its advertisement when a user searches for a competitor’s brand name. In a significant ruling, the Delhi High Court, in Hindware Ltd. v. Grohe India Pvt. Ltd. & Ors., has provided what is, to date, India’s most definitive judicial answer to the question: does selling a registered trademark as a search keyword amount to trademark infringement, and can the search engine itself be held liable?