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

The webinar, ‘Investing in India – Debt Capital Markets’, hosted by Khaitan & Co, provided foreign investors and their advisors a practical and strategic overview of India’s debt capital markets from a foreign investor’s perspective, covering investment routes, regulatory frameworks, tax considerations and recent reforms.

Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”), vide its circular dated April 8, 2026, has operationalised the mechanism for lock-in of pledged shares under the SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018 (“ICDR Regulations”), as part of its ease of doing business initiatives.

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RBI published its Draft Second Amendment Directions 2026 to the "Commercial Banks - Credit Facilities" framework on February 2026 which introduces a systematized approach for banks to provide credit to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and establishes unified standards for Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs).

The Mutual Funds Regulations 2026 of SEBI together with the new expense ratio framework will establish new methods for Indian mutual funds to charge investors and disclose their expenses...

GB Global Limited, a listed company (equity shares presently not traded), was admitted into Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) in September 2017.

Corporate demergers with subsequent listings offer Indian companies significant strategic and tax advantages but require meticulous advance planning.

On August 13, 2025, SEBI consolidated its scattered rules for debenture trustees into a single comprehensive Master Circular (SEBI/HO/DDHS PoD 1/P/CIR/2025/117).