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Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan is a full-service law firm founded by V Lakshmikumaran and V Sridharan in 1985. The firm has one of the largest law practices in India with over 350 attorneys and professionals who have provided litigation, consulting and advisory services to clients in India and overseas for over 30 years.

Are states obligated to comply with GST Council recommendations?

By Raghavan Ramabadran, Rohan Muralidharan and Sahana Rajkumar, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Deep mining yields rewards from IBC resolutions

By Charanya Lakshmikumaran and Ishita Mathur, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan 

Obscurities relating to availability of ITC for covid-19 supplies

By Kapil Kumar Sharma and Shubham Vijay, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan 

Refund of unutilised input tax credits now the norm

By Raghavan Ramabadran and Krithika Jaganathan, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Zero rating scheme gets controversial revamp

By Raghavan Ramabadran and Krithika Jaganathan, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

GST seizure and confiscation still causing problems

By Surbhi Premi, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Gambling laws: Interpretations and issues

By L Badri Narayanan and Gopal Machiraju, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

New agriculture laws: A win-win for businesses, farmers?

By Kunal Arora and Nayanika Majumdar, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Decree holders not financial creditors under IBC

By Anush Raajan and Swastika Chakravarti, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Guarantors may be vulnerable to pandemic default risks

By Anush Raajan and Swastika Chakravarti, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Disputed claims are not defaults under IBC

By Anush Raajan and Swastika Chakravarti, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

How to implement pre-packaged insolvency

By Charanya Lakshmikumaran and Puneeth Ganapathy, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Avoiding preferential transfers by debtors

By Charanya Lakshmikumaran and Gopal Machiraju, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

IBC: Intent continues to prevail over form

By Charanya Lakshmikumaran and Puneeth Ganapathy, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Overlap between insolvency code and arbitration law

By Charanya Lakshmikumaran and Puneeth Ganapathy, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Harmonizing IBC and money laundering laws

By Ashwin Mathew and Gopal Machiraju, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Resolution of disputed claims in insolvency process

By Charanya Lakshmikumaran and Gopal Machiraju, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Evolution of the committee of creditors’ authority

By Charanya Lakshmikumaran and Gopal Machiraju, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Many successes chalked up during first year of GST

By L Badri Narayanan, Jyoti Pal and Disha Jain, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Trends show need to adjust GST advance ruling scheme

By L Badri Narayanan, Jyoti Pal and Disha Jain, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Clarity needed to facilitate country-by-country reports

By L Badri Narayanan and Bharathi Krishnaprasad, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Impact on global businesses of GST regime in India

By Shafaq Uraizee and Anu Chowdhry, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Phase of GST amendments and adjustments continues

By L Badri Narayanan and Tushar Aggarwal, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

E-waybill implementation mandatory but staggered

By L Badri Narayanan and Asish Philip Abraham, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Notice pay recovery: Then and under the GST regime

By L Badri Narayanan and Disha Jain, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

GST adjustments aim to help SMEs and exporters

By L Badri Narayanan and Asish Philip Abraham, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Interpretation of ‘supply’: An emerging legal battle

By L Badri Narayanan and Tushar Aggarwal, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

The transition to GST: Early feedback brings adjustments

By L Badri Narayanan and Geetika Srivastava, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

GST rates from 5% to 28% fixed for most specific items

By L Badri Narayanan and Asish Philip Abraham, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Unveiling of draft GST rules paves way for 1 July rollout

By L Badri Narayanan and Asish Philip Abraham, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Passage of four bills moves GST a step closer to reality

By L Badri Narayanan and Shweta Walecha, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

GST Council: New era of indirect tax administration

By L Badri Narayanan and Asish Philip Abraham, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

India’s new ‘benami’ regime to deter sham land transfers

By L Badri Narayanan and Amar Gahlot, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Legal and tax insights into India’s demonetization

By L Badri Narayanan and Amar Gahlot, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

E-commerce and GST: Moving from grey to white?

By L Badri Narayanan, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Goods versus service: Is classification relevant?

By L Badri Narayanan, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

One nation, one tax: But not one taxable person

By V Lakshmikumaran and L Badri Narayanan, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Correspondents

India Legal Framework GCCs Data Centres

Greenfield operations: India’s legal framework for GCCs

By Sidharrth Shankar and Prakriti Jaiswal, JSA Advocates & Solicitors
India Supreme Court cmCorporate Criminal Intent

India’s landmark judgment on corporate criminal intent

By Shankey Agrawal and Harsh Shukla, BMR Legal
Intermediary Safe Harbour

Safe harbour in India: Revisiting intermediary liability

By Ashima Obhan and Urvi Singh, Obhan Mason

Features

India Model BIT 2026

Climate-proofing India’s next model BIT

India’s 2026 model BIT must align investment protection with climate obligations for long-term treaty coherence

IBLJ In-house Counsel Awards 2026

IBLJ showcases leading heads of legal and their teams

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BVI woos India

On BVI’s inaugural trade mission to India, Premier Natalio Wheatley and Minister of Financial Services Lorna Smith discuss their jurisdiction’s strengths and what it has to offer India’s fast‑growing economy

Expert Briefings

Real Estate Private Credit

Structuring private credit in Indian real estate

By Shrey Agarwal, Crawford Bayley & Co
Labour Data Compliance

India’s new workforce governance architecture

By Ravi Singhania and Madhu Damodaran, Singhania & Partners
Establishing a presence in Pune

Establishing a presence in Pune

Legal experts from Legalogic Consulting and Stride Legal examine strategic opportunities in the “Oxford of the east”

Opinion

Law Firm Registration Reform

Recognition at last

Draft Advocates Amendment Bill 2026 could formalise law firms, mandate registration and admit foreign practices

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