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Consultancy and professional services agreement in India 2026 drafting guide banner, highlighting 14 essential clauses, GST 18% and TDS Section 194J, Section 27 non-compete, and the consultant versus employee misclassification test.
Posted inCorporate Law

Consultancy agreement in India: clauses, tax, and a professional services agreement drafting guide (2026)

Last verified: 12 June 2026 On 21 November 2025, India brought its four Labour Codes into force, and for the first time gig, platform, IT, ITES, and digital-media workers were…
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Posted by Riyali June 12, 2026
Section 308 BNS extortion law, punishment and bail explained: LawSikho
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Section 308 BNS: Extortion Law, Punishment, Bail and Case Law Explained

Last verified: 12 June 2026 In May 2026, a well-known social-media creator opened a message from a foreign WhatsApp number. The demand was blunt: pay Rs 10 crore, or face…
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Posted by Riyali June 12, 2026
Trademark opposition in India 2026: Form TM-O procedure, grounds, the four-month window, fees and stage-by-stage timeline under Section 21 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999.
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How to Oppose a Trademark in India: Form TM-O Procedure, Grounds & Timeline (2026)

This guide teaches you the concept of Trademark Opposition and will also walk you through the process of it.  The article covers the grounds for opposition, procedural steps, and strategic considerations to help you, legal professionals, effectively protect and challenge conflicting trademarks. 
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Posted by Riyali June 11, 2026
Step-by-step guide to file a GSTAT appeal on the e-filing portal under Section 112 of the CGST Act, 2017, in 2026, showing Form APL-05, the 10% pre-deposit at the tribunal stage, and the 30 June 2026 filing deadline.
Posted inTax Law

How to file an appeal before GSTAT (GST Appellate Tribunal) in India (2026)

Last verified: 2026-06-11 Freshness and urgency banner: Last verified June 2026. If your first-appeal order was communicated before 1 April 2026, the backstop deadline to file your GSTAT appeal is…
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Posted by Riyali June 11, 2026
Featured image for a LawSikho guide titled "LLP agreement in India: clauses, the First Schedule and Form 3 filing", with a deep navy background and teal accents, showing key topics: First Schedule defaults, state-wise stamp duty, and filing Form 3 within 30 days (2026).
Posted inCorporate Law

LLP agreement in India: clauses, the First Schedule and Form 3 filing

Last verified: June 2026 A former partner of a large professional-services LLP was shown the door. He had been expelled, the relationship had soured, and he wanted his fight heard…
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Posted by Riyali June 10, 2026
Loan agreement and promissory note in India - format, interest, stamp duty
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Loan agreement and promissory note in India: format, interest clause and stamp duty

Last verified: June 2026 A lender did almost everything right. He advanced ₹30.8 lakh to a borrower: ₹22 lakh moved by bank transfer, and the balance of roughly ₹8.8 lakh…
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Posted by Riyali June 10, 2026
Copyright Act 1957 explained: rights, term and remedies in India
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Copyright Act 1957 explained: rights, term and remedies in India

A leading Indian music label and a telecom-backed music-streaming platform sat across a negotiating table in early 2019, and the talks fell apart. The label wanted its catalogue back, or…
Posted by Dhruv Patel May 25, 2026
How to draft a rent agreement in India: format, clauses and state stamp duty
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How to draft a rent agreement in India: format, clauses and state stamp duty

In Bengaluru last year, a property-management firm signed formal-looking lease and rent agreements with more than 200 people, collected full deposits and lease amounts, paid the promised rent on time…
Posted by Dhruv Patel May 25, 2026
SaaS agreement in India: clauses, data protection, SLA and liability
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SaaS agreement in India: clauses, data protection, SLA and liability

A Kerala HealthTech startup and its FinTech partner set out to build something genuinely useful: a SaaS medical-billing platform that hospitals across the state could subscribe to. The product was…
Posted by Dhruv Patel May 25, 2026
Bailable and non-bailable offences under BNS and BNSS: complete list 2026
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Bailable and non-bailable offences under BNS and BNSS: complete list 2026

On 1 July 2024, the map that decides who walks free and who waits in a cell was redrawn. Three new criminal codes came into force that day: the Bharatiya…
Posted by Dhruv Patel May 25, 2026
Personal Liability of Independent Directors in India: Section 149(12), Risks, and the Safe-Harbour Playbook (2026)
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Personal Liability of Independent Directors in India: Section 149(12), Risks, and the Safe-Harbour Playbook (2026)

Last verified: May 2026 On the night of 1 October 2018, the National Company Law Tribunal did something that hadn't happened in Indian corporate history at this scale. It suspended…
Posted by Dhruv Patel May 20, 2026
Independent Director Salary in India 2026: The Real Number
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Independent Director Salary in India 2026: The Real Number

Last verified: May 2026 Independent Director Salary in India 2026: The Real Number In FY23, a single financial year, one independent director on India Inc. boards collected Rs 6.74 crore…
Posted by Dhruv Patel May 20, 2026
LPO vs Remote Contract Drafting comparison featuring corporate office work versus flexible remote legal drafting careers
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LPO vs Remote Contract Drafting: An Honest Career Comparison for Indian Lawyers

Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) and remote contract drafting are both popular strategies for handling legal documentation, but they differ significantly in scope, structure, and delivery. IntroductionWhat Actually Happens When You…
Posted by Rhunmyee May 19, 2026
Outbound M&A from India 2026: Structuring Routes Across FEMA, Tax and Corporate Law
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Outbound M&A from India 2026: Structuring Routes Across FEMA, Tax and Corporate Law

Last verified: 2026-05-15 On 30 July 2025, a tier-1 Indian commercial-vehicle maker announced a voluntary public tender offer of €14.1 per common share to acquire all the common shares of…
Posted by Dhruv Patel May 16, 2026
Earn-Out Clauses in Indian M&A Deals: 2026 Guide
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Earn-Out Clauses in Indian M&A Deals: 2026 Guide

Last verified: 2026-05-15 In October 2024, a Delhi-headquartered D2C beauty conglomerate's roughly Rs 450 crore acquisition of a Mumbai-based personal-care brand was being held up across business pages as a…
Posted by Dhruv Patel May 15, 2026
Convertible notes and SAFE agreements India: drafting for pre-seed startups
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Convertible notes and SAFE agreements India: drafting for pre-seed startups

In May 2025, a Bengaluru-headquartered payments-and-fintech company completed the largest reverse flip in Indian startup history, shifting its parent domicile from Delaware to India ahead of a domestic IPO. The…
Posted by Dhruv Patel May 14, 2026

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