We are delighted to share this week's AKP Corporate & Compliance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.               Labour & Employment Law   1.1.        MOLE notifies extension of ESI coverage to Meghalaya districts under Social Security Code, 2020 The Ministry of Labour and Employment (“ MoLE ”) has issued a notification under the Code on Social Security, 2020, designating April 1, 2026 as the effective date for ext

We are delighted to share this week's AKP Banking & Finance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.               Regulatory Updates   1.1.           India   Reserve Bank of India (RBI)   1.1.1.      RBI defers implementation of the Amendment Directions on Capital Market Exposures to July 1, 2026, for Commercial Banks & Small Finance Banks Reserve Bank of India (“ RBI” ) has deferred the implementation of its Amendment Di

We are delighted to share this week's AKP Corporate & Compliance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.               Labour Law   1.1.           ESIC mandates faster payments for vendors and MSMEs The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (“ ESIC ”) has issued a new directive to ensure that all vendors, including those from Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (“ MSMEs ”), receive their payments more promptly. Under th

We are delighted to share this week's AKP Banking & Finance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.               Regulatory Updates   1.1.           India   Reserve Bank of India (RBI)   1.1.1.      RBI sanctions amalgamation of Bapunagar Mahila Co-operative Bank with Shri Vinayak Sahakari Bank The Reserve Bank of India (“ RBI ”) has sanctioned the voluntary amalgamation of The Bapunagar Mahila Co-operative Bank Ltd., Ah

We are delighted to share this month's AKP Dispute Resolution Monthly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in.   1.          Insolvency and Bankruptcy Law 1.1.       Banking & Finance 1.1.1. Supreme Court holds creditor cannot appropriate pre-CIRP dues from a security deposit after the moratorium The Supreme Court of India has held that a creditor cannot appropriate amounts lying as security deposit towards pre-CIRP dues of a corp

The Bill and Its Author On 14 March 2026, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha introduced the Private Member’s Bill on Asset Tokenisation (Regulation) Bill, 2026 — India's first dedicated legislative proposal to govern blockchain-based real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation. Chadha, an AAP member and the youngest in the Upper House, had been building toward this for months. He first called for a bespoke tokenisation statute in December 2025, citing capital flight, land title chaos, and

We are delighted to share this week's AKP Banking & Finance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.               Regulatory Updates   1.1.           India   Reserve Bank of India (RBI)   1.1.1.      RBI issues Reserve Bank of India – Financial Statements: Presentation and Disclosures – Amendment Directions, 2026 across multiple REs Reserve Bank of India (“ RBI ”) issued 7 (seven) directions amending the financial stateme

We are delighted to share this week's AKP Corporate & Compliance Weekly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.               Labour Law   1.1.      EPFO Simplifies Overseas PF Payments for International Workers from SSA Countries The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (“ EPFO ”) has issued a circular dated 18 March 2026, introducing a revised framework for facilitating payment of provident fund accumulations to overseas ba

Introduction   For decades, Indian companies navigating even the most routine regulatory missteps have found themselves queued behind insolvency giants and complex commercial disputes at an already overstretched National Company Law Tribunal (“ NCLT ”). That era, quietly but consequentially, is now drawing to a close.   The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“ MCA ”) has introduced a major change in the way corporate law compliance will be handled in India. Through a series of of

We are delighted to share this month's AKP Dispute Resolution Monthly Digest. Please feel free to write to us with your feedback at info@akandpartners.in. 1.           Arbitration & Mediation 1.1.       Real Estate 1.1.1.   Supreme Court Curbs Belated Arbitration Jurisdiction Challenges In a dispute arising from a 2001 consultancy agreement between the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and M/s R.V. Anderson Associates Limited for upgrading Mumbai’s sewerage operations u