How GST will benefit traders and manufacturers

Concept of manufacture will be replaced by value added which is numerically measureable and is not controversial Read more »

Supreme Court nixes short cut to justice

A weekly selection of key court orders Read more »

Land acquisition: Despite cut in time lag, spiralling project cost remains a concern

The Ordinance to amend the land acquisition law (Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013) appears to be a half-baked effort to jump-start stalled investments... Read more »

Legal reforms: One step forward, but a long road ahead

The one great leap forward on judicial reforms so far has been the presidential assent to the 121st Constitution Amendment Bill on New Year's Eve, enabling the setting up of a judicial... Read more »

Mining law: Auction rules may benefit previous coal block owners

The stalemate in the coal sector is finally over. The Union Cabinet has approved re-promulgation of the coal Ordinance. This will pave the way for auctioning of coal blocks. In... Read more »

Regulating e-commerce: Complaints and regulations along with big leap forward

The year gone by could easily be termed as the year when e-commerce in India took its giant leap with millions of consumers logging in to the e-route for their purchases -... Read more »

Share holder activism: Miles to go for minority shareholders

Minority shareholders had a few major victories in 2014, but 2015 will have its new share of challenges.Be it the defeat of the move of Tata Motors to remunerate its directors in... Read more »

When law takes effect

Business Standard takes stock of key changes in the legal and regulatory environment in the course of the year, and how it impacted businesses Read more »

10 landmark judgments of 2014

Largesse of natural resources stoppedThe most resounding judgment which the Supreme Court delivered this year was the one cancelling about 200 coal mining licences on August 25, after setting up a special... Read more »

Corporate India learns to live with competition law

Compliance needs to be embedded in the decision-making process, say experts Read more »