Tag: Compliance
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US DOJ’s New Corporate Enforcement Policy: A Practical Guide for Indian Companies
[Kartikey Mahajan is a Partner, Prerna Jain and Bhavya Chengappa are Principal Associates, all part of the Dispute Resolution practice group of Khaitan and Co.] On 10 March 2026, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued its first-ever department-wide Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (CEP), which is a critical risk-management framework for companies, including Indian ones, operating globally. CEP offers a…
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Ministerial, Not Managerial: SAT Limits Compliance Officer Liability in V. Shankar
[Aadya Narain is a B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Jindal Global Law School] On 5 May 2025, the Securities Appellate Tribunal (“SAT”) in V. Shankar v SEBI addressed a critical and controversial question: can a compliance officer be held personally liable for fraudulent disclosures and statutory violations committed by the board of directors of a listed company? The…
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Condonation of Delay Scheme, 2018: A Relief to Defaulting Directors and Companies
[Tanaya Desai is a 4th-year student at ILS Law College, Pune] In a bid to constrict and prevent illicit fund flows and black money by shell companies, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“MCA”) last year disqualified over 300,000 directors for default in filing company annual returns and financial statements with the Registrar of Companies (“RoC”),…