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In Reliance Eminent Trading and Commercial Private Limited v. Delhi Development Authority (2026 INSC 436), the Supreme Court of India issued comprehensive guidelines on the exercise of power to pass summary judgment under Order XIII-A of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 in commercial suits. The Court held that judges must grasp the nettle and decide summary judgment applications when faced with neat points of law or construction, rather than routinely relegating matters to f

On 29 January 2026, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court of India comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi stayed the operation of the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026. The Court found that the regulations suffer from complete vagueness in key provisions and are susceptible to misuse. The stay was issued in response to multiple petitions challenging the regulations on grounds that the

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is advancing towards imposing what could become the largest antitrust penalty in Indian history against Apple Inc. for alleged abuse of dominant position in the iOS app distribution market. In an order dated 8 April 2026, the CCI noted that Apple has failed to submit details of its global financials and its views on the investigation since October 2024, and scheduled a final hearing for 21 May 2026 on the quantum of penalty. Under Sec

In State Bank of India and Others v. Doha Bank Q.P.S.C. (2026 INSC 423), decided on 28 April 2026, the Supreme Court of India held that liabilities arising from corporate guarantees squarely fall within the definition of financial debt under Section 5(8) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. The judgment, delivered by Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe, set aside concurrent orders of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and the National Company Law Appellate Tri

India's cybersecurity reporting framework has undergone a fundamental transformation with the enforcement of the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) Directions of April 2022, as further strengthened by the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) and its Rules notified in 2025. The centrepiece of the current framework is the mandatory six-hour reporting window: organisations that experience specified categories of cyber security incidents must repor

In The Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu and Others v. S. Raja and Others (2026 INSC 407), decided on 22 April 2026, the Supreme Court of India delivered a significant judgment reinforcing the protection of third-party property rights against the misuse of status quo orders by government authorities. The case involved a protracted land dispute in Thazhambur, Chennai, where homebuyers who had purchased plots in good faith found their properties frozen by a government-obtaine

The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA) has undergone a significant upgrade with the launch of what the industry refers to as RERA 2.0 in March 2026. This upgraded framework does not involve a new statute but rather a comprehensive set of enhanced enforcement measures, digital transparency tools, and stricter compliance mechanisms introduced through regulatory circulars and state-level rule amendments. The key changes include mandatory third-party audits

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2026, enacted in April 2026, introduces the most extensive reforms to India's corporate insolvency framework since the IBC was first enacted in 2016. The amendments introduce the Creditor-Initiated Insolvency Resolution Process (CIIRP) as an out-of-court resolution mechanism, establish a framework for group insolvency and cross-border insolvency for the first time, lower the voting threshold for the Pre-Packaged Insolvency R

The Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT), constituted under Section 109 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, has commenced adjudicatory operations across India in 2026 after years of delay since the GST regime was introduced in July 2017. The Principal Bench in New Delhi began hearing cases on 16 February 2026, followed by the phased operationalisation of State Benches in Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Agra, and other locations. The GSTAT fills a critic

In Jyoti Sharma v. Vishnu Goyal, decided in January 2026, the Supreme Court of India delivered a categorical ruling that a tenant can never become the owner of a rented property through adverse possession, regardless of how long the tenant has occupied the property. The bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and K. Vinod Chandran held that a tenant's possession is inherently permissive, deriving from the landlord's consent, and therefore can never satisfy the requirement of hostil

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2026 on 10 February 2026, with the rules taking effect from 20 February 2026. These amendments introduce a comprehensive regulatory framework for synthetically generated information (SGI), commonly known as deepfakes and AI-generated content. The centrepiece of the new regime is a mandatory three-hour taked

The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 and its accompanying Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Rules, 2026 came into force on 1 May 2026, establishing India's first comprehensive regulatory framework for the online gaming sector. The Act and Rules create the Online Gaming Authority of India (OGAI) as a unified regulator under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), introduce a binary classification system for online games, prohi

The Finance Bill 2026, introduced in the Lok Sabha on 1 February 2026, gives legislative effect to the Central Government's fiscal proposals for the financial year 2026-27. Building on the foundational restructuring initiated by the Income Tax Act, 2025, the Finance Bill 2026 focuses less on rate changes and more on procedural simplification, compliance ease, and penalty rationalization. Over 70 per cent of the amendments target compliance timelines, penalty frameworks, and a

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has notified the Companies (Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules, 2026, amending the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2021. These amendments update the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) framework to align with recent changes in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and to address practical issues that have emerged in the application of existing standards. The amendments affect how companies account for specific t

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has revised the stress testing and Settlement Guarantee Fund (SGF) coverage norms applicable to clearing corporations operating in the commodity derivatives segment. The revised framework, effective from early 2026, reduces the Z-score used for historical stress testing from 10 to 5, revises the coverage requirement to account for the simultaneous default of the top three clearing members (the Cover 3 standard), and provides regulato