PRODUCT LIABILITY

The fourth and last panel of Day 1 of Week 4 was titled, "Product Liability". Bindu Janardhanan, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, moderated the panel, which saw participation from Vineet Agarwal, General Counsel, BMW; Yogesh Wadhwa, General Counsel, Hyundai Motor India Ltd.; Dr. Akhil Prasad, Director, Country Counsel India & Company Secretary, Boeing; Matthew J. Kemner, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs; Nived Tayal, Legal Counsel, Nestlé India Limited; Nandita Gera, Director - Legal, Risk Management & Compliance, India Subcontinent, DB Schenker; and Amit Atre, General Counsel & Company Secretary, Mercedes Benz India Pvt Ltd. Bindu Janardhanan said, "Moving forward, awareness in product liability has to be in every stage of the product life cycle. Therefore, any evolution in this sector is progression in the right direction." Nived Tayal said, "Legal Era has provided us with a wonderful platform to discuss current topics in law with the dignitaries of the field. Hope to be a part of such forums going forward as well." Nandita Gera said, "The manufacturing and service providing industry will have to enhance product liability risk management practices in the wake of evolving product liability law in India."

11 September was Day 2 of the 4th and last week of the 10TH ANNUAL GENNEXT BUSINESS & LAW CONGRESS 2021. A. S. Sundaram, General Counsel and Head Legal, ITC, delivered the opening address followed by keynote addresses by Rohan Shah, Counsel, Bombay High Court; and L. Badri Narayanan, Executive Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan.