COMPLETE PVT LTD COMPANY REGISTRATION CHECKLIST FOR BUSINESS OWNERS

Getting a Pvt Ltd Company Registration checklist helps business owners prepare their documents, meet business regulatory requirements, and run operations in multiple sectors. By registering your company, you give the indication of following each step with care, keeping the accounting details clean, and moving through the process efficiently and legally. How to prepare and follow

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JUSTICE AGAINST DOUBLE JEOPARDY: THE SUPREME COURT DRAWS A LINE ON ABUSE OF CRIMINAL PROCESS

INTRODUCTIONIn Ranimol & Ors. v. State of Kerala & Anr., Criminal Appeal No. 4931 of 2025 (arising out of SLP (Crl.) 2285/2022), decided on 18 November 2025, the Supreme Court of India—Bench comprising Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma—reaffirmed a vital principle of criminal jurisprudence: the criminal process cannot be manipulated to repeatedly

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SUPREME COURT HOLDS WITNESSES TURNING HOSTILE IN DEPARTMENTAL PROCEEDINGS IS NOT A GROUND TO SEEK DISCHARGE IN CRIMINAL TRIAL

IntroductionIn a significant Judgment delivered on November 10, 2025, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta disposed of the case of T. Manjunath v. The State of Karnataka and Anr. (SLP(Crl.) Nos. 11160-11161 of 2024). The Appeals challenged a Karnataka High Court order dated July 26, 2024,

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SUPREME COURT HOLDS ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS MUST BE JUSTIFIED ON REASONS STATED THERE; CANNOT ADD FRESH GROUNDS LATER

IntroductionThe Supreme Court of India, in its Judgment titled State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. v. M/s OASYS Cybernetics Pvt. Ltd. (SLP (C) No. 6531/2025), addressed a critical issue in public procurement law. The case was decided by a Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh. The Decision

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Unlocking Capital: SEBI’s Proposal to Ease Lock-in Norms for Pre-IPO Investors

[Khushi Patel is a 4th year BBA LLB student at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar] India’s IPO pipeline continues to surge, driven not only by resilient market sentiment but also by the growing prevalence of pre-IPO placements and secondary exits by early-stage investors seeking to crystallize gains ahead of listing. In 2025 alone, nine of the 86 companies

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Uncovering Significant Beneficial Owners Through Publicly Available Information 

[Pammy Jaiswal is a Partner and Darshan Rao is an Executive, both at Vinod Kothari and Company] The framework for significant beneficial owner (“SBO”) identification can be traced back to the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”). Section 90 of the Companies Act, 2013 (“Act”) read with the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules, 2018 (“SBO Rules”) translates the

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WHEN JUSTICE REFUSES TO BE DELAYED

INTRODUCTIONThe Supreme Court of India recently delivered a significant Judgment in P.U. Sidhique & Ors. v. Zakariya, Civil Appeal Nos. 13901–13902 of 2025, decided on 21 November 2025 by Hon’ble Justices Rajesh Bindal and Manmohan. The Ruling examines whether, during an appeal against an eviction order under Section 12(3) of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and

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