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The lengthiest Order in the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (hereinafter CPC) is Order XXI, which lays down the procedure for execution of decrees and orders passed by a civil court. Order XXI is a self-contained code, which exhaustively covers all the steps in execution of decrees and orders.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (���MeitY�۝) ���notified an amendment tothe Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (���IT Rules, 2023�۝) [1] on 06 April 2023, wherein Rule 3(1)(b)(v)�۪ [2] (���Impugned Rule�۝)introduced a new category for the removal of content by intermediaries

Reverse vesting of shares is a mechanism employed by institutional investors investing in startups at an early stage. The primary objective is to align the interests of founders and investors by ensuring that founders earn the shares held by them whether as per time specific milestones or performance- based milestones.

Options contracts have become a common practice where the option holder has the right to buy the underlying shares of the selling shareholder. Previously, regulatory bodies such as the Securities and Exchange Board of India (���SEBI�۝) and the Courts considered put/call options as impermissible as they were considered to be contracts in derivative which is in violation of section 18A of the Securities Contracts Regulation Act, 1956 (���SCRA�۝).