Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme: A pragmatic approach
The success rate of tax amnesty schemes is usually low. Sabka Vishwas Scheme, announced in the Budget to tackle the huge pile of pending tax disputes, could produce see a different result.
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Tackling the ‘implementation curse’
Addressing the ‘implementation curse’ prevalent in India or in any developing country is closely connected with how any test on reasonability of a given law needs to go beyond its content itself.
Hyperloop Technology: A square peg?
Is it a car, is it the rail, or the metro? How exactly will the government classify the regulatory framework for hyperloop.
Ola banned in Bengaluru for six months
The cab aggregator was violating license rules by operating bike cabs in the city.
Intermediary liability: Un-safe harbour?
Proposed amendments make it mandatory for any intermediary with more than 50 lakh users in India to be a company incorporated in the country.
Impact of GDPR on M&A transactions in India
Given the significant penalties and steep compliance burden, GDPR will have a significant impact on cross-border M&A deals between Indian and EU companies.
Disruptive innovation – Time for competition scrutiny
CCI has largely adopted a non-interventionist approach in its assessment of anti-competitive harm
The POCA amendments: A clean sweep?
The changes to the Prevention of Corruption Act represent a systematic shift in focus towards the pursuit of bribe givers, as against bribe recipients.
Sports betting legalisation moves ahead
The Law Commission of India has recommended the legalisation of sports betting in India with regulations. However, any such decision will be taken by the central and state governments.
A tango of justice and quangos
A national body to oversee functioning of tribunals, if completely free from executive control, may go a long way in ensuring insulation from government interference.
