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For a foreign award-holder, winning an arbitration is only the first battle. Turning that award into actual recovery requires navigating the legal systems of the jurisdictions where the losing party has assets — and in the case of India, that means engaging with a legal framework that has evolved significantly over the past three decades. […]

Every profession that depends on information processing is being transformed by artificial intelligence. Law is no exception. In India, where the Supreme Court alone has a pendency of over 80,000 cases, where High Courts carry millions of pending matters, and where contract volumes in the corporate sector are growing at a pace no human workforce […]

By Harsh Singh Dahiya, Advocate, Supreme Court of India | Partner, Sterling & Partners For thousands of homebuyers in Delhi who have watched possession dates slip by year after year, or who have moved into apartments riddled with structural defects, the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (“RERA”) is one of the most consequential […]

By Harsh Singh Dahiya, Advocate, Supreme Court of India | Partner, Sterling & Partners India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA) represents the country’s first comprehensive legal framework dedicated to the protection of digital personal data. Passed by Parliament in August 2023, the Act introduces a regime that is broadly comparable to international data […]

By Harsh Singh Dahiya, Advocate, Supreme Court of India | Partner, Sterling & Partners India’s criminal justice framework underwent its most significant structural transformation in over 150 years when the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC). The transition is not […]

By Harsh Singh Dahiya, Advocate, Supreme Court of India | Partner, Sterling & Partners Receiving a summons from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is, for most people, an alarming experience. The ED is one of India’s most powerful investigative agencies, and when it issues a notice under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), the […]