Rise of Arbitration in India Arbitration has emerged as a vital tool for resolving commercial disputes in India. It offers businesses a faster, private alternative to overburdened courts. The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, modelled on the UNCITRAL framework, provides the legal backbone and emphasizes party autonomy under Section 5. Central to this system is the arbitration agreement, which must clearly empower a tribunal to decide disputes. Courts often scrutinize it

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has introduced a notable change to the definition of a “Small Company” under the Companies Act, 2013. Through the Companies (Specification of Definition Details) Amendment Rules, 2025 effective 1 December 2025, the financial thresholds used to identify such companies have been substantially enhanced. This revision is intended to meaningfully reduce compliance obligations for a wider segment of India’s corporate sector and support the Go

India has now brought into force a major overhaul of its labour law framework by implementing four new Labour Codes on November 21, 2025. With this reform, the Central Government has merged 29 separate labour laws into four streamlined codes: the Code on Wages, the Code on Social Security, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, and the Industrial Relations Code. The intent behind this consolidation is to remove duplication, simplify compliance, and creat