There is a category of investor in India who is not wealthy enough to absorb a complete loss and not sophisticated enough to have read a prospectus carefully. They are the retired…
November 2026
The Supreme Court held on 18 October that a person who needs a lifelong attendant because of an accident must be treated as one hundred percent functionally disabled under the Motor Vehicles…
Here is a fun fact about the Indian legal system: it works. It just works at its own pace. The Yes Bank AT-1 bondholders got their answer on 15 October 2026. The…
On 18 October, the Supreme Court said something schools have been avoiding for decades: sex education must start at the primary level. The court tied it directly to digital safety, and both…
October delivered two Supreme Court judgments that will be read closely for years: the AT-1 bond ruling that voided a bank's emergency write-off, and the conversion-reservation ruling that settled a contested question…
October served a set of reminders that Indian corporate law is getting stricter about the basics: who can start a case, when they must start it, and whether they have actually done…
On 15 October 2026, the Supreme Court upheld a Bombay High Court ruling that the write-off of Rs 8,415 crore in Yes Bank AT-1 bonds was illegal. The decision turns on a…
The Supreme Court confirmed on 15 October that converting to a non-Hindu religion does not automatically carry forward your reservation entitlement. Here is what that means in practice, and what questions remain.…