India Business Law Journal

18/08/2025

India Business Law Journal is inviting nominations for India’s A-List Lawyers 2025. Please submit your nominations in the following categories: Legal Icons, Star Performers, and Future Legal Leaders.

We welcome in-house counsel, business leaders, and legal professionals in India and around the world to help identify the top private practice lawyers in the country. All nominated lawyers must be affiliated with Indian law firms.

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The deadline for making nominations is September 05, 2025 (Friday).

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Please make your nominations for India Business Law Journal's A-List below. You are invited to make nominations in three categories...

18/08/2025

Abeezar E Faizullabhoy, Murtaza Kachwalla and SM Algaus have joined CMS IndusLaw along with their team and will all be based at the Mumbai office.

The trio previously worked at Argus Partners before their recent move. Faizullabhoy is a senior partner at CMS IndusLaw, while Kachwala and Algaus have been appointed as partners.

Faizullabhoy’s previous roles include senior positions at Mulla & Mulla & Craigie, Blunt & Caroe, JSA, HSA Advocates and Argus Partners.

Kachwalla’s previous roles include being a partner at HSA Advocates and Argus Partners.

Algaus has appeared before a wide range of forums, including the Supreme Court, multiple high courts, the NCLT, city civil and sessions courts, small causes court, DRT, electricity regulatory commissions, and arbitral tribunals.

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Abeezar E Faizullabhoy, Murtaza Kachwalla and SM Algaus have joined CMS IndusLaw along with their team and will all be based...

18/08/2025

Khaitan, KNM act on Jashvik’s majority stake in Marg ERP https://law.asia/jashvik-capital-marg-erp-acquisition/

KNM & Partners and Khaitan & Co. have advised on business software provider Marg ERP’s share sale from its co-founders to a Jashvik Capital-led group of companies valued at INR4 billion (USD45.6 million).

Mukesh Kumar and Mukesh Singhal led the KNM team representing Marg ERP and its co-founders, with support from Ashis Goel.

Khaitan & Co is representing Jashvik Capital.

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18/08/2025

Contract smart: Five dos and don’ts for contractors https://law.asia/contract-drafting-essentials/

Suruchi Kotoky of Kochhar & Co. outlines essential dos and don’ts for contractors before signing construction contracts to mitigate risks.

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18/08/2025

Effective 2 September, the US Department of State will significantly scale back its visa interview waiver policy for non-immigrant visas in several categories including H-1B, of which Indians are top beneficiaries and the B1 temporary business visitor.

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Effective 2 September, the US Department of State will significantly scale back its visa interview waiver policy for non-immigrant visas...

15/08/2025

The Parliament of India has passed the Income Tax (No.2) Bill, 2025, replacing the Income Tax Act, 1961, with a focus on simplifying the language and structure of the act. The bill aims to remove redundant provisions and bring it in line with the current era.

The bill is expected come into effect on 1 April 2026.

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The Parliament of India has passed the Income Tax (No.2) Bill, 2025, replacing the Income Tax Act, 1961, with a focus on simplifying the language...

15/08/2025

Interface of regulatory bodies with IBC https://law.asia/insolvency-in-regulated-sectors-india/

In a market economy, the freedom to enter, compete and exit the market is essential for fostering efficiency, innovation and growth.

Insolvency mechanisms ensure that businesses unable to meet their financial obligations can exit the market in a structured manner. This process protects stakeholders and promotes healthy market functioning by reallocating resources to more productive uses.

Anoop Rawat and Ahkam Khan of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co explore the challenges faced in resolving insolvency of sector-specific businesses under India’s Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

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15/08/2025

Abhishek Kalra returns to Cyril Amarchand’s corporate team https://law.asia/abhishek-kalra-cyril-amarchand-mangaldas/

In a season of comebacks, Abhishek Kalra has rejoined Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a corporate practice partner based at the firm’s Mumbai office.

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15/08/2025

Amrita Tonk has rejoined CMS IndusLaw as part of the firm’s employment, investigations, and anti-bribery and anti-corruption practice in the Delhi and NCR offices.

Earlier, Tonk was head of legal (north) at Godrej Properties.

From 2013 to 2018, Tonk served as a metropolitan magistrate in Delhi, presiding over the trials at Patiala House and Tis Hazari courts complexes.

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Amrita Tonk has rejoined CMS IndusLaw as part of the firm’s employment, investigations, and anti-bribery and anti-corruption practice...

15/08/2025

Ex-Cyril Amarchand partner George Varghese joins TLH https://law.asia/george-varghese-tlh-advocates-partner/

George Varghese has joined TLH Advocates & Solicitors as a partner in the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution practice, and he will be based at the Hyderabad office.

Before joining TLH, he was a partner at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, where he contributed to the dispute resolution practice.

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14/08/2025

CMS IndusLaw strengthens Mumbai disputes practice with trio https://law.asia/cms-induslaw-mumbai/

Abeezar E Faizullabhoy, Murtaza Kachwalla and SM Algaus have joined CMS IndusLaw along with their team and will all be based at the Mumbai office.

The trio previously worked at Argus Partners before their recent move. Faizullabhoy is a senior partner at CMS IndusLaw, while Kachwala and Algaus have been appointed as partners.

Faizullabhoy’s previous roles include senior positions at Mulla & Mulla & Craigie, Blunt & Caroe, JSA, HSA Advocates and Argus Partners.

Kachwalla’s previous roles include being a partner at HSA Advocates and Argus Partners.

Algaus has appeared before a wide range of forums, including the Supreme Court, multiple high courts, the NCLT, city civil and sessions courts, small causes court, DRT, electricity regulatory commissions, and arbitral tribunals.

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