Its known to all that the law of amalgamation, mergers & acquisition is little bit complicated and cumbersome. In this write-up an attempt is made to ease the law to reach the readers and to highlight the beauty of the relevant legal provisions.

The much debated Regulations governing combinations have been finally notified by the Government on 11 May 2011.  These Regulations shall come into force on 1st day of June, 2011. This article summarizes key provisions of the Competition Commission of India (Procedure in regard to the transaction of business relating to combinations) Regulations, 2011 (Regulations) relating [...]

Finance Ministry is likely to finalise the proposed changes in the takeover code on mergers and acquisitions after a meeting with industry and other stakeholders tomorrow. The Takeover Regulations Advisory Committee chaired by Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu will discuss the amendments in the code as proposed by the C Achuthan headed Sebi panel, a Finance Ministry official said.

The Securities and Exchange Board (Sebi) of India is unlikely to accept a proposal to lift the size of mandatory open offer arising from mergers and acquisitions to 100 per cent from 20 per cent. A panel set up by the Sebi had proposed changes to tak

Merger procedures may soon become easier for India Inc. The Government is planning to come up with an ordinance to do away with the process of sanction by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for small-ticket mergers and acquisitions. The ordinance will also ensure that the CCI takes a decision on an M&A application within 180 days, significantly down from the current 210 days.

The draft Direct Taxes Code along with a Discussion Paper was released on 12 August 2009 for public comments to simplify direct tax legislation in India. Subsequently, comments were solicited from the public and examined by the Government. A Revised Discussion Paper was issued to respond to the major concerns and comments of stakeholders were released on 15 June 2010.

Companies may have to pay stamp duty on mergers and acquisitions in states like West Bengal, which do not have their own Act in this regard. This will happen if the Finance Ministry”s suggestions on amendments to the over-a-century-old Indian Stamp Act are implemented without any change.

We read a host of data and information on merger and acquisition in 2009.We found global data regarding merger and acquisition and many cases every economy data too. But I am not going to repeat the same old data for any type of analysis. I will try to bring forth the upcoming trend and foresight of the merger and acquisition in 2010 which will derive the growth as well as consolidation of industries across the nations.

Power is an essential requirement for all facets of our life and has been recognized as a basic human need. It is the critical infrastructure on which the socio-economic development of the country depends. The growth of the economy and its global competitiveness hinges on the availability of reliable and quality power at competitive rates. The demand of power in India is enormous and is growing steadily.

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs took up a comprehensive revision of the Companies Act, 1956 (the Act) in 2004 keeping in view that not only had the number of companies in India expanded from about 30,000 in 1956 to nearly 7 lakhs, Indian companies were also mobilizing resources at a scale unimaginable even a decade ago, continuously entering into and bringing new activities into the fold of the Indian economy as well as Internationally.