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Summary on FAQs released by ICAI on Corporate Social Responsibility

Summary on FAQs released by ICAI on Corporate Social Responsibility, Section 135 (Companies Act 2013) provisions and rules made thereon: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has come out with its guidance note in the form of “Frequently

By Sharda Balaji over 9 years ago
Alternative Dispute Resolution – The Real Alternate? (Part 2)

In our previous post, we provided a brief background on the increasing economic growth in India, the stumbling role of the Indian judicial system in it, and the existing understanding of alternative dispute resolution in the country. Given this backdrop,

By Sharda Balaji over 9 years ago
Freedom of Speech

The recent and much celebrated Supreme Court judgment in the Shreya Singhal case is, without doubt, among the most important judgments on the right to freedom of speech in India, and may well be seen as the definitive judgment in

By Sharda Balaji over 9 years ago
Alternative Dispute Resolution – The Real Alternate? (Part 1)

Business in India is growing at a rate faster than ever before and expectations are soaring high on India becoming more and more business-friendly. However, the problem of increasing litigation pendency is looming large and becoming a major drawback in

By Sharda Balaji over 9 years ago
RBI to Relax Two-Step Authentication Rule for NFC Enabled Small Card Transactions

In the last year, much was made of the 2 step authentication process mandated by the RBI for all card transactions. Uber, the mobile marketplace for cabs, was in the eye of the storm with its one touch credit card

By Sharda Balaji over 9 years ago
NovoJuris on NDTV's Heads Up, Legal Startups - The Next Big Thing?

We were featured on NDTV's Heads Up, where our Founder, Sharda, talked about how NovoJuris is disrupting the legal startup space. Thank you to SuperProfs and LegalXGen for the kind words. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj8W4AgqUYs

By Sharda Balaji over 9 years ago
Adoption of Indian Accounting Standards (Ind – AS)

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (‘MCA’) has notified the mandatory adoption of Indian Accounting Standards (Ind-AS) by all companies other than Insurance Companies, Banking companies and Non-Banking Finance companies. The roadmap of this pilot project is launched by the MCA

By Sharda Balaji over 9 years ago
NovoJuris is India's fifth best for Private Equity

For the year 2014, Venture Intelligence ranks NovoJuris as India's fifth most active legal counselors in Private Equity. Many thanks from the NovoJuris Team, it wouldn't have been possible without you!

By Sharda Balaji over 9 years ago
Crowd-funding, Take One

Photo Credit: reidhoffman.org Technology startups are finding it a tad easier to get funded with the many sources of funding and the fact that VCs are more active than before. We are also witnessing that the valuations are improving

By Sharda Balaji over 9 years ago
Web-crawling: Legal Issues

Photo Credit: www.theallineed.com In the era of Big Data, the repository of information which exists online and growing everyday is essential to building intelligent tools which can map and analyse the wealth of data available. Most developers rely on

By Sharda Balaji over 9 years ago
CARRYING OUT CSR ACTIVITIES THROUGH A THIRD PARTY

The Companies Act, 2013 makes it compulsory for a company with an annual income of INR 1000 crores, or a net worth of INR 500 crores, or net profit of INR 5 crores to spend at least 2% of the

By Sharda Balaji over 9 years ago
E-Wallets and Mobile Wallets

What are mobile wallets? The widespread use of smart phones and mobile technologies has gradually begun to affect not only our use of products and services, but also how we pay for them. What we are witnessing is the beginning

By Sharda Balaji almost 10 years ago