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[Siddharth Sharma and Aarushi Mittal are 4th year law students at National Law University Odisha, Cuttack] More than six years ago, the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) introduced the Green Channel route (“GCR”) for approval of combinations under the CCI (Procedure in regard to the transaction of business relating to combinations) Regulations, 2011 to enable automatic approval for combinations that did not involve any

[Arjun Chaudhary is a 4th year BBA. LLB. (Hons.) student at Gujarat National Law University] The fast-track merger route under section 233 of the Companies Act, 2013 was originally designed as a narrow mechanism to simplify mergers between small companies and between holding companies and their wholly owned subsidiaries. The objective was to remove such schemes from the

IntroductionThe Two Judge Bench of Supreme Court comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih, in the case titled U.P. State Road Transport Corporation Through Its Chief General Manager Vs. Kashmiri Lal Batra & Ors. (Civil Appeal No.10522 of 2025) addressed a significant controversy surrounding the grant and countersignature of stage carriage permits for inter-State

IntroductionThe Supreme Court in the case titled Mihir Rajesh Shah v. State Of Maharashtra and Another (Criminal Appeal No.2195 Of 2025), examined whether grounds of arrest must be communicated in writing to comply with Article 22(1) of the Constitution and Section 47 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. The Division Bench of B.R.

In The Commissioner, Nagpur Municipal Corporation & Ors. v. Lalita & Ors., 2025 INSC 1280, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court of India, comprising Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Prasanna B. Varale, delivered a significant ruling on 29 October 2025, clarifying the law surrounding civil death, presumption of death under Section 108 of the

In Vikram Bhalchandra Ghongade v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors., 2025 INSC 1283, the Supreme Court of India, through a Bench comprising Justices Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Atul S. Chandurkar, examined a striking question of civil procedural law — whether a decree passed in favour of deceased appellants, without substitution of legal heirs, holds

In S. Santhana Lakshmi & Ors. v. D. Rajammal, 2025 INSC 1197, the Supreme Court of India, comprising Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice K. Vinod Chandran, delivered a nuanced judgment on 7 October 2025, exploring the interplay between title, possession and injunction relief under property law. The Court examined whether a plaintiff can successfully seek

[Vanshika Sharma and Divyanshu Kumar are 4th year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) students at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad] The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has put forward a consultation paper that aims to create a new breed of Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) schemes restricted to Accredited Investors (AIs) and governed by a lighter-touch regulatory framework. The proposal published in August

[Karan Latayan is a Professor of Law and Kavya Lalchandani an Assistant Professor of Law, both at Jindal Global Law School] The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”) was introduced almost a decade back with an intent to revive and aid the sick businesses by resolving their financial distress. The design and purpose of the IBC was not

WHEN MEMORY FALTERS, JUSTICE MUST NOT: THE SUPREME COURT ON WITNESS CREDIBILITY INTRODUCTIONThe credibility of witnesses forms the backbone of every criminal trial. Yet, in many cases, witnesses are hastily branded as “hostile” for small differences in their statements. In a recent and noteworthy Judgment, the Supreme Court of India in Shivkumar @ Baleshwar Yadav