Resources — the working library.
Reference dashboards, drafting templates, statute and forum indices, calculators, and curated article series — for practitioners, founders, in-house counsel, chartered accountants, and anyone who reads commercial law for a living. Every resource cites its statute and, where applicable, the leading judgment in OSCOLA form.
Reference dashboards
Legal Maxims Dashboard
Twenty-six Latin maxims of commercial law — Pacta sunt servanda, Caveat emptor, Ex turpi causa, Audi alteram partem, Stare decisis, and more. Each card carries Latin, English, origin, application, and a verifiable source from Black’s Law Dictionary, Earl Jowitt, Wharton, or Broom.
INDEX
Statute Index
Every commercial-law statute in India — Companies Act 2013, IBC 2016, Arbitration Act 1996, Trade Marks Act 1999, RERA 2016, DPDP 2023, Competition Act 2002, FEMA 1999, and more. Quick reference to key sections and the practice notes that discuss them.
INDEX
Forum Index
Every tribunal, court, and regulatory authority where Indian commercial matters are decided — Supreme Court, High Courts, NCLT, NCLAT, Commercial Courts, RERA, CCI, SEBI, SAT, ITAT, Trademark Registry. Jurisdiction, procedure, and procedural quirks for each.
CALCULATOR
Limitation Calculator
Input cause-of-action date and matter type. Output: limitation date under the Limitation Act 1963, applicable article, and condonation framework. Informational tool for first-cut limitation analysis.
For business owners and chartered accountants
For Business Owners and Founders
Drafting templates, clause libraries, and procedural guides for the questions a founder, CFO, or in-house counsel actually asks. Founders’ agreements, ADR clauses, NDAs, MoU vs binding agreement, contractual limitation of liability.
HUB
For Chartered Accountants
Seven categories where the audit becomes a legal question — IBC triggers, Companies Act board transactions, SEBI compliance, FEMA, tax disputes, RERA, M&A diligence. With the controlling statute and the procedural step for each.
CLAUSES
Founders’ Agreement Clauses
Eight copyable clauses for Indian private-limited founders — vesting, IP assignment, lock-in, bad leaver, deadlock, non-solicit, confidentiality. Calibrated for the Companies Act 2013 and the Indian Contract Act 1872.
GUIDE
Choosing ADR over Court
What the Mediation Act 2023 changed, why the Commercial Courts Act 2015 made pre-institution mediation mandatory, and how to choose between arbitration institutions. With copyable arbitration and mediation clauses.
Curated article series
IBC Amendment Act 2026 — the complete series
Seventeen working briefs on the 2026 amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code — CIIRP, the 14-day rule, CoC liquidation control, Clean Slate codification, group insolvency, avoidance transactions, and more. For bankers, CFOs, resolution applicants, and promoters.
INSIGHTS
Practitioner Commentary & Case Analysis
The full insights archive — commentary on Supreme Court and High Court judgments, statute analysis, working briefs on commercial, insolvency, arbitration, and real estate law.
ARCHIVE
Commercial Intelligence Newsletter
The monthly newsletter archive — case commentary, statutory updates, and working observations for general counsel, in-house teams, and co-counsel. Past editions remain available as a continuing reference.
Practice areas — canonical landing pages
Insolvency & Bankruptcy
The full IBC 2016 architecture — from pre-CIRP restructuring to NCLAT and Supreme Court appeals.
PRACTICE
Arbitration & ADR
Arbitration counsel from clause drafting to award enforcement.
PRACTICE
Commercial Litigation & Supreme Court
Commercial Courts Act suits through to AOR practice at the Supreme Court.
PRACTICE
Real Estate & RERA
Transactions, RERA litigation, and the RERA-IBC interface.
PRACTICE
Corporate & Companies Act
M&A, joint ventures, governance, and shareholder arrangements.
PRACTICE
Regulatory & Compliance
SEBI, RBI/FEMA, CCI, DPDP, MCA, and sector-specific frameworks.
PRACTICE
Intellectual Property
Trademarks, copyright, patents, designs, and trade secrets.
PRACTICE
Contracts & Transactions
Commercial contract drafting, negotiation, and review.
This page is informational and is not advertisement or solicitation under Bar Council of India Rule 36. Citations follow OSCOLA. Statutory references are to the bare Acts as in force at the time of writing. Where a citation could not be independently verified, the underlying resource carries an explicit verification flag.