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Retail Algo Trading under SEBI’s Lens: The Unfinished Business of Black Box Regulation
It is necessary to have a robust system in place for complicated algos like that of black box algos.
Akash Hogade, Rashi Das
2 days ago6 min read
Future of Algo Trading: Retail Gamifications and Market Manipulation
The key weakness of the circular is the lack of the robust safeguards against the manipulative algorithmic practice, specifically spoofing which is a tactic where large, fake orders are placed to deceive the market.
Annesha Gora, Raveena R Savadi
3 days ago5 min read
Should SEBI Follow Singapore’s Footsteps and Allow REITs to Invest in Overseas Properties?
Taking inspiration from the S-REIT market, SEBI needs to focus on strengthening REIT’s regulatory framework and work on investing in the vast domestic market available through REITs.
Pratyasha Jena
3 days ago5 min read
Prudence or Prohibition? Deconstructing SEBI's Pre-IPO Ban
SEBI’s ban resolves the illiquidity issue; nevertheless, it also produces new market deformity which includes regulatory arbitrage towards AIFs, uneven playing field, and scarcity of domestic capital India’s startup ecosystem.
Sansita Swain, Smarak Samal
Dec 31, 20257 min read
SEBI’s Pre-IPO Placement Ban: Protection, Paradox, and the Path Forward
Until refinements are made, mutual funds will remain on the sidelines of the pre-IPO market, limited to anchor allocations and public issues as India’s IPO boom continues unabated—while the question of whether protection has inadvertently become exclusion remains unresolved.
Dev Goyal, Harshal Chhabra
Dec 29, 20257 min read
Flying into a Legal Storm: Indigo and India’s Constitutional Tax Trap
India’s aviation sector is at a defining moment as airlines like IndiGo aim of flying beyond domestic skies and venture into international markets. However, the current structure of ATF taxation imposes a disproportionate burden on airlines and restricts their ability to compete.
Yusra Abidi, Praneet Reddy
Dec 29, 20256 min read
When Equity Pretends to be Debt: The Anatomy of Financial Obligation in Insolvency Law
The Supreme Court's ruling in EPCC v. Matix Fertilisers upholds the integrity of corporate capital law within the IBC framework by restating the crucial differentiation between creditor debt and shareholder investment.
Qazi Ahmad Masood
Dec 21, 20256 min read
India’s Opening Bell: Why the Jindal Polyfilms Case Should Redefine Our Class-Action Future
The Jindal Polyfilms case marks a turning point. For years, Section 245 sat dormant, an ambitious provision without infrastructure. Now, India has a live opportunity to reimagine it.
Tanya Verma
Dec 20, 20256 min read
Beyond the Waterfall: The IBC's Digital Void
A new, principle-grounded taxonomy is needed to maneuver through the new territory by logically incorporating the claims of digital assets into the hierarchy of Section 53 of the code.
Saksham Shivam
Dec 20, 20256 min read
Entity Transparency: The Case for Adopting Double Derivative Suits in India
A double-derivative remedy would further these goals. By embracing double‐derivative actions, India would reduce opportunities for regulatory partitioning of wrongs and bring its shareholder remedy framework into harmony with 21st‐century global corporate governance standards.
Mayank Yadav
Dec 19, 20256 min read
Karnataka's Domestic Worker Bill: A Major Step Forward, But is it Enough?
While the Bill creates a strong foundation, its ultimate success depends on implementation. Passing a law is only the starting point, real challenge lies in building awareness among both workers and employers, with many unfamiliar with formal procedures or maybe fearful of new obligations.
Shubhranshu, Vashmath Potluri
Dec 14, 20257 min read
India’s Judicial Divide on Arbitral Timelines and Discretion
The path forward lies in a stage-sensitive synthesis: treat preliminary timelines as binding but flexible, with extensions granted only on reasoned orders, while enforcing final award deadlines as hard, jurisdictional limits.
Shailraj Jhalnia
Dec 14, 20257 min read
The Compliance Paradox: Aligning AML Objectives With Digital Gaming Realities in India
India’s decision to include RMG under PMLA supervision was long due, but without distinguishing between skill and chance and ignoring judicial pronouncements, it introduces a compliance dilemma that threatens the growth of India’s digital economy.
Vedik Bairwa, Awaneesh Kumar
Dec 14, 20256 min read
Behind Closed Doors: Confidentiality in Indian Arbitration
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Kamal Gupta is a landmark decision in the field of arbitration in India. The court ensured that the arbitral process in India retained its consensual nature by excluding the intervention of non-signatories, thereby strengthening confidentiality as a statutory imperative.
Aahini Gandhi, Tanisha Brahmin
Dec 14, 20256 min read
Fixing Markets or Fixing Behaviour? Rethinking Structural and Behavioral Remedies
The SC in Crown Theatres has transformed the philosophy of competition regulation to be based on prevention and market correction rather than punishment by confirming the authority of the CCI to deliver structural and behavioral remedies.
Pathmanabhan Sooraj, Mahadev Krishnan
Dec 13, 20257 min read
Making Markets Accessible: SEBI’s Disruption of Investor Rights
SEBI’s accessibility mandate is both progressive and disruptive. It extends the idea of investor protection beyond disclosure and governance to the very ability of investors to participate.
Vishvajeet Rastogi
Dec 12, 20254 min read
Judicial Conscience Versus Evidentiary Autonomy in Arbitration
The Aakash Packaging judgment highlights the tension between judicial oversight and arbitral autonomy in India.
Mahak Yadav, Avani Raj
Dec 7, 20256 min read
The Moratorium That Isn't: Why Banks Keep Charging Interest Despite IBC Protection
The contradiction between moratorium theory and interest accrual practice represents more than a technical legal gap. With the IBC Amendment Bill 2025 currently pending before the Parliament, the opportunity for meaningful reform arises.
Manik Singhal
Dec 6, 20256 min read
Schrödinger’s Paradox in India’s Capital Markets: Liberalization or Lock-In?
This blog aims to take a look at the strategic shift in how India is trying to positions itself in the global market and facing competition head on vis-a-vis markets like Singapore.
Snigdha Ghose
Dec 3, 20256 min read
Tokenized Real Estate in India: Navigating Regulatory and Structural Gaps (Part II)
With the development of Digital Ledger Technology, real estate tokenization has gained much traction.
Bhavishya Goswami, Yash Agarwal
Nov 30, 20254 min read
Auditor and Corporate Governance: Analyzing the Deloitte Haskins Judgement
The judgment of the Delhi High Court marks an important order in India’s audit regulatory landscape as it cements the validity of the NFRA under Section 132 of the Act and its powers to hold audit firms and auditors accountable.
Anubhav Kumar Das, Rishi Raghavan
Nov 29, 20256 min read
Tokenized Real Estate in India: Navigating Regulatory and Structural Gaps (Part I)
With the development of Digital Ledger Technology, real estate tokenization has gained much traction.
Bhavishya Goswami, Yash Agarwal
Nov 29, 20254 min read
Options Trading or Gambling in Disguise: Analyzing India’s Regulatory Framework in Light of the Jane Street Controversy
[ Kislay and Sakshi are students at National Law Institute University Bhopal. ] On 3 July 2025, the Securities and Exchange Board of India ( SEBI ) passed an interim order under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act 1992 against Jane Street, a prestigious American trading firm in the matter regarding index market manipulation in the Indian options trading market by earning massive positions in derivatives amounting up to 4.3 billion dollars. While the SEBI order h
Kislay Parashar, Sakshi Vimal
Nov 24, 20256 min read
SEBI’s Accredited Investor AIF Framework: Promises and Pitfalls
The proposed framework by the SEBI on an accreditation-based framework for AIFs reflects its broader vision to depart from a ‘minimum commitment’ threshold to ‘only accreditation’ status as a standard for risk assessment of an investor.
Shivam Agrawal, Disha Daga
Nov 22, 20256 min read
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