Saurabh Gupta The 2019 elections should involve a strong debate on which party has the better policy to bring a structural shift towards the manufacturing sector, to ensure sustained job creation. With […]
Kaizen # 4: Post-regulatory private sector employments and their corporate governance implications
Rohan Kohli There is an urgent need to take cognizance of the employment of former Regulators in the private sector, and respond with an appropriate policy intervention. This post is the 4th […]
Rethinking Commercial Surrogacy: From Criminalization to a Contractual Solution
Anmol Jain and Aditya Saraswat Bringing escrow agreements to rescue affected surrogates instead of creating more crime It would not be wrong to state that the last winter session of the 16th […]
Wealth for Nations: The Rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds in Developing Economies
Binit Agrawal Sovereign Wealth Funds are springing up across the developing world. However, there are concerns in relation to their funding and functioning. Recent successes of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) have caught […]
Kaizen #3 – Kotak Committee: Separating the position of CEO and the Chairman
Binit Agrawal Imposing a mandatory position on this important corporate structuring issue, especially when there is no proof to indicate that such a change necessarily results in shareholder benefits, may not be […]
Arbitration and International Tax Disputes: India’s approach towards the BEPS Convention
Amrit Singh India should introduce arbitration within its tax treaties Base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) refers to tax avoidance strategies that exploit gaps and mismatches in tax rules to artificially shift profits […]
Kaizen #2 – Corporate Governance Crisis in the Banking Sector: Role of the RBI
Ambarin Munir Khambati The RBI should play a more proactive role in ensuring that Banks comply with corporate governance norms The Reserve Bank of India’s (“RBI”) crackdown on the top management of […]
Algorithmic Collusion in Flight Pricing in India
Madhavi Singh Are the robots colluding and can their masters be made liable? In May, 2018 the Chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (‘CCI’) informed the PTI that the CCI is […]
Kaizen #1: Promoter over-reach in Corporate Governance – Murthy v. the Board
Vartika Tiwari The kind of behaviour that is exhibited by founders like Narayan Murthy and Tata Sons is only adding to the deteriorating state of corporate governance in India and discouraging potential […]
SLAPP: Where does the Buck Stop?
Kashish Makkar An Anti-SLAPP law serves two critical public utilities; one, it preserves the freedom of public participation, and two, it prevents vexatious litigation. The post-modern age of information society has descended […]