India: White Collar Crime, Anti-Corruption & Fraud

Traditionally, anti-corruption laws were primarily focused on public officials who receive bribes rather than private entities who pay them. However, this paradigm has shifted significantly in recent years, with legislative changes in India creating direct liability for private companies involved in corrupt practices. This shift has made it imperative for private companies operating in India to implement robust anti-corruption compliance programs despite not being public authorities themselves.

Examination of Supreme Court’s ruling that appointments violating recruitment advertisement terms constitute fraud on public, reinforcing Article 16 equality in public employment.

Bail is decided at speed and on incomplete information, and the system has long struggled with a recurring problem: an applicant who does not disclose, or who actively suppresses, facts that bear on whether bail should be granted, from a string of earlier rejected bail pleas to a history of antecedents. The Supreme Court’s recent intervention addresses that problem directly, by requiring the material particulars to be placed before the court on oath.

The Supreme Court has established critical procedural requirements for arrests under the CGST Act, mandating that orders under Section 69 must be communicated to the accused before arrest to protect their right to seek anticipatory bail. This landmark ruling addresses the balance between investigative powers and fundamental rights to liberty, while also clarifying limitations on interim relief when pre-arrest bail petitions are dismissed as non-maintainable.

In a rare use of its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution of India, the Supreme Court heard a curative petition filed by DMRC, challenging an earlier order that had upheld the arbitral award. The judgment brings finality to a decade-long contractual dispute that began in 2013 with arbitration proceedings.

A registered design can be one of the most valuable intellectual property assets of a business. It may be the shape of a bottle, the pattern on a fabric, the configuration of a furniture piece, or the ornamentation of a consumer product that makes it recognisable in a crowded market. When a competitor copies that design and commercialises an identical or deceptively similar product, the resulting harm may extend beyond lost sales to the erosion of the exclusivity associated with the design.

Parts I and II carried the foreign-seated award from the drafting of its clause to the door of the Indian enforcement court. This part is about the last thing standing at that door.

DSK Legal's August 2026 newsletter delivers comprehensive updates across multiple practice areas including capital markets, competition law, dispute resolution, employment law, infrastructure, international trade, media and entertainment, restructuring, sports and gaming, technology law, and white collar crime. The newsletter provides expert analysis and regulatory insights to help legal professionals and businesses navigate the evolving legal landscape across these diverse sectors.

A 10-year-old property dispute in Delhi’s upscale Vasant Vihar has led to an important and clarifying judgment on how the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, actually works.