The real question is not whether homebuyers belong within the IBC. It is why insolvency law has become the institution through which failures of real estate regulation are increasingly corrected, and how long a regulator can keep failing before the statute quietly covering for it is mistaken for the solution.

The Supreme Court's judgment in Alpha Corp has been widely read as a homebuyer-protective ruling; that reading is accurate as far as it goes.

As the Gujarat HC correctly holds, Section 16(2)(c) of the CGST Act 2017 is not constitutionally infirm.

The effectiveness of CIIRP post-Amendment will ultimately depend upon preventing disruptive pre-insolvency enforcement that frustrates restructuring efforts.

Until the three-judge bench rules, the operative position is Surana’s bifurcation, reached by a route the statute does not actually require.

Gameskraft does not raise the question of whether clarificatory amendments are constitutionally permissible. They are, and this article does not argue otherwise. The issue is the absence of any rigorous gatekeeping before the label is applied.

Pannalal's blueprint has two structural failures firstly, no mandatory independent valuation for selective Section 66 reductions, and secondly, no genuine price discovery when those reductions target only public shareholders.

Nagaraj marks a significant step in favour of the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in India by recognising transnational issue estoppel and limiting the re-litigation of issues already adjudicated by the seat court.

An important issue which needs further clarification is whether the clarification will have any retroactive effect in order to provide protection to the investors in cases where the proceedings are already initiated or under process in relation to prior years.

Terrascope settles an important question and should be welcomed for reinforcing transparency as a foundational norm of securities regulation.

Creditors and practitioners should take heed - when in doubt, draft guarantees clearly. Otherwise, as the ruling reflects, informal promises of support will not give creditors the “financial debt” status that they may seek under the Code.

The tax exemption analysis of Sections 10(46) and 10(46A) does not imply that it is a fiscal concession; rather, it functions under a wider framework that is founded on controlled tax governance, with exemptions given on a conditional, selective, and by executive notice.

The central question is whether the court can extend time after the statutory 18-month period has expired, even after an arbitral award has been rendered.

NCLAT’s split outcome has paradoxically created a perpetual framework for WhatsApp that could prove to be more durable and effective than the CCI’s original prescription.

This blog delves into the trusteeship decision, which enunciates that incomplete and informal restructuring discussions cannot be relied upon to hinder the statutory trigger of insolvency once debt and default are established.

What is left is the more difficult doctrinal task of defining where the illegality-irregularity line lies in less extreme situations, of offering a legitimate way of genuine fund-use variation in private placements, and of calibrating the range of the affected class of stakeholders.

The Kerala High Court's judgment, affirmed at the SLP stage, establishes that sectoral regulation does not displace CCI jurisdiction and that the Bharti Airtel sequential model is confined to cases where a sector regulator's prior determination is a necessary input to the competition analysis.

The author suggests that Section 32A protection should only be granted conditional to due diligence safeguards including cross-verification with the ED.

Court did not adequately discuss the provisions of the IBC to determine whether the spectrum license can be considered an asset and can be treated under the IBC.

Ultimately, Tiger Global will bring radical accountability to international investment law. The biggest question is whether unilateral source-country anti-abuse measures can be adopted within the existing treaty framework or whether renewed multilateral coordination is necessary.

This referral raises a more foundational question in contract law and arbitration: what occupies a higher pedestal, absolute party autonomy or entitlement to a legal remedy upon breach?

This case will probably initiate closer examination in similar disputes, such as the case of Blackstone Capital Partners v. ACIT (Blackstone) before the Delhi High Court, and Sanofi Pasteur Holding v. Department of Revenue (Sanofi) case before Andhra Pradesh High Court.

Regardless of the power dynamics, this article has, simply put, argued for adherence to Rule 10 of the 2017 rules, Order 60/2024 of RERA, and the annexures thereof, containing the model AFS and model AL, and, in general, the RERA.

The line between inquiry and proceedings should therefore be drawn not at the formal commencement of adjudication through a SCN, but at the point where the State deploys coercive power against the taxpayer.