Authors – Ojasvi Nautiyal, Associate and Tushar Sehgal, Business Analyst As per the legal provisions notified pursuant to WTO Agreements, a trade remedial investigation may be initiated pursuant to an application by or on behalf of the domestic industry, or suo motu. An investigation pursuant to an application may be initiated by the investigating authority […]

Authors: Aastha Gupta, Joint Partner and Salil Arora, Associate Introduction In India, midterm reviews are governed by the provisions of Rule 23 of the Anti-Dumping Rules. The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) usually conducts midterm reviews if: there is a change in circumstances due to which continuation of duties is no longer warranted; there […]

Authors: Nihit Gupta, Joint Partner ,Tushar Sehgal, Business Analyst Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) was signed between India and South Korea in August 2009, which marked a new era of greater economic exchanges, cooperation and beneficiation between the two countries. After over 12 rounds of negotiations that spanned over 3 years, it came into effect […]

Author: Ojasvi Nautiyal, Legal Associate The principles of natural justice are a vital element of all justice delivery systems across the globe. The phrase natural justice literally translates to law of nature and implies that justice must be fair, reasonable, equal and must protect rights of individual against any arbitrary exercise of power by the […]

Authors:          Praveen Khandelwal, Executive Partner Nishtha Gupta Business Analyst Product Control Number or PCN is a methodology laid down to compare identical types of product under consideration (PUC) in any trade remedial investigation. The objective of developing this method is to allow fair comparison for dumping and injury margin calculations. It is referred […]

Author: Nihit Gupta, Joint Partner After India-Japan CEPA and India-South Korea CEPA signed in 2009 and 2011 respectively, India-UAE CEPA is the first comprehensive agreement in the last one decade. This is the first free trade agreement and comprehensive agreement for India with any Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country, as also the fastest agreement to […]