Blog Posts
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The Tata Sons Leadership Imbroglio: Some Corporate Law and Governance Considerations – Part II
[Umakanth Varottil teaches and researches in corporate law and governance. Continued from Part I] Where Does the Battlefront Shift? Given the standoff at the board level, the battle for leadership of Tata Sons could move to the shareholders in general meeting, or to the courts or tribunals, or both. While the board of the company has taken…
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The Tata Sons Leadership Imbroglio: Some Corporate Law and Governance Considerations – Part I
[Umakanth Varottil teaches and researches in corporate law and governance] On 24 October 2016, Tata Sons, the holding company of the sprawling eponymous conglomerate, fell into turmoil upon the removal of its then chairman Cyrus Mistry at the instance of the company’s controlling shareholders, the Tata Trusts, led by Ratan Tata. Close to a decade later,…
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The Small Company Threshold and the Limits of Delegated Legislation
[Moksha Pancholi is a fifth-year BBA LLB student at the Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, and Dr Piyush Pranjal is an Associate Professor at the O.P. Jindal Global University] The Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, is framed to facilitate ease of doing business by increasing the size that defines a ‘small company’. The 2026 Bill raises the outer ceiling,…
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Banking on Green: How India’s Regulator Is Building a Climate Finance Architecture
[Richa Roy is a Partner, Shreya Garg is a Principal Associate, and Akanksha Oak is an Associate, at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. This post is part of the IndiaCorpLaw Blog Symposium on ‘Corporate Law and Climate Change: Indian and Comparative Perspectives’.] In February 2026, the European Central Bank (ECB) imposed periodic penalty payments of €7,551,050 on Crédit Agricole for failing to…
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Banking in the Grey: Missing Regulations and Inadequate Climate Disclosures by Banks in India
[Sugandha Y. is a practising advocate at the Supreme Court of India. This post is part of the IndiaCorpLaw Blog Symposium on ‘Corporate Law and Climate Change: Indian and Comparative Perspectives’.] Like any other corporation, banks are exposed to climate risks. These include the risk of increasing loan defaults, stranded assets, and diminishing value of collaterals. Banks in…
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The Gig Equity Paradox: ESOPs for Platform Workers
[Jayavardhini S is a third year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi.] India’s gig workforce is expanding so rapidly that it is projected to encompass roughly 23.5 million individuals or roughly 4.1% of all livelihoods in India by the year 2030. This is the booming reality of India’s rapidly expanding platform economy that…
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SEBI’s Regulation of the Carbon Market
[Ashwin Murthy is the Negative Emissions Fellow at Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at the Columbia Climate School, Columbia University, New York. This post is part of the IndiaCorpLaw Blog Symposium on ‘Corporate Law and Climate Change: Indian and Comparative Perspectives’.] The climate crisis necessitates immediate action. The IPCC has made it clear that addressing climate change…
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Climate Change Stewardship in Indian Controlled Companies: Promises and Perils
[Anik Bhaduri is the Commonwealth Scholar and PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore and Rudresh Mandal is a Principal Associate (Corporate & Securities) at Fox & Mandal, New Delhi. This post is part of the IndiaCorpLaw Blog Symposium on ‘Corporate Law and Climate Change: Indian and Comparative Perspectives’.] Over the last decade, securities regulators…