(One) Crime and (Many) Punishments? Potential Inefficiencies of the ‘Economic Offence’ under India’s New Criminal Laws – for Businesses

Neha is a Senior Resident Fellow at Vidhi, New Delhi with the Corporate Laws and Financial Regulation team. She has prior work experience at AZB & Partners in the private equity and M&A team with focus on transactions in the energy and infrastructure sector and at Saraf & Partners in the litigation team with focus on insolvency and arbitration matters. Neha graduated from National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU) in 2020 with B.A., LL.B. (Hons.). She has prior work experience at AZB & Partners in the private equity and M&A team with focus on transactions in the energy and infrastructure sector and at Saraf & Partners in the litigation team with focus on insolvency and arbitration matters.

Varsha is a lawyer, and Senior Resident Fellow (Corporate Law and Financial Regulation) at Vidhi, New Delhi. She works on engaged/commissioned projects from various ministries, statutory authorities, regulators, and other public institutions where she provides legal research and drafting support across various stages of law-making. Varsha's focus areas include financial laws, commercial laws, and other regulatory & economic laws. Her academic and research interests include economics, company law, cross-border M&A and investment law, technology law, green & sustainable finance, and comparative insolvency regulation. Prior to joining Vidhi, she worked with the general corporate and M&A practices at JSA and AZB & Partners, where she advised & assisted on matters relating to business restructuring, corporate governance, private and Section 8 company setups/operations, privacy regulation, intellectual property, securities and financial regulation and white-collar crimes. Varsha writes on a range of commercial and financial law subjects, including non-performing assets, green & sustainable finance, virtual currencies, and pooled investments. Varsha graduated from the Jindal Global Law School, India (JGLS) in 2020 with a BA., L.L.B (Hons.), with distinction. She is qualified to practice by the Bar Council of Delhi and the Bar Council of India.