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P&H HC Criticizes Job Denial to Son of Injured Soldier in J&K Anti-Terror Operation

Corporate Law : Punjab & Haryana HC grants relief to son of a soldier injured in anti-terror operation in J&K, asserting his entitlement to a job ...

February 11, 2025 102 Views 0 comment Print

Guide on Applicability of POSH Act to Private Limited Companies

Corporate Law : Understand the applicability, compliance, penalties, and best practices of the POSH Act for Private Limited Companies in India wit...

February 10, 2025 813 Views 0 comment Print

Building Stakeholder Trust: Key Strategies for Companies

Corporate Law : Learn how companies can build stakeholder trust through communication, engagement, transparency, and a structured redressal mechan...

February 10, 2025 135 Views 0 comment Print

Exploring the Types of Trademarks and Their Legal Protections

Corporate Law : Trademarks are critical for businesses to differentiate their goods or offerings from others in market. They help construct brand...

February 10, 2025 174 Views 1 comment Print

Conveyance & Deemed Conveyance in Housing Societies

Corporate Law : Understanding conveyance & deemed conveyance in housing societies, legal provisions, benefits, and challenges under MOFA, RERA, an...

February 8, 2025 2556 Views 0 comment Print


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Innovations in National Pension System and Its Accessibility

Corporate Law : The National Pension System (NPS) offers flexible, low-cost pension options with digital accessibility, aiming to expand coverage ...

February 8, 2025 237 Views 0 comment Print

ICAI Convocation 2025: 19,075 CAs Awarded Membership

Corporate Law : ICAI held its Convocation 2025 across 13 locations, awarding 19,075 Chartered Accountants with membership. The Governor of West Be...

February 8, 2025 1560 Views 0 comment Print

Government’s Stance on IBC and Tax Revenue Impact

Corporate Law : The Indian government has not assessed the IBC’s impact on tax revenue loss and has no plans to amend tax priorities under insol...

February 6, 2025 39 Views 0 comment Print

Reforms in IBC: Proposed Amendments for Insolvency Processes

Corporate Law : IBBI proposes key amendments to CIRP, liquidation, and personal guarantor insolvency, aiming to enhance efficiency, transparency, ...

February 5, 2025 153 Views 0 comment Print

FIU-IND Fines Bybit ₹9.27 Crore for PMLA Violations

Corporate Law : FIU-IND imposed a ₹9.27 crore penalty on Bybit for violating PMLA compliance. The platform operated without registration, leadin...

February 2, 2025 252 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Default continued beyond moratorium period not covered u/s. 10-A of IBC: Madras HC

Corporate Law : Madras High Court held that Section 10-A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 cannot be extended to cases where default con...

February 11, 2025 36 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Approval Must Be Explicit for Valid Orders: Bombay HC

Corporate Law : Bombay HC quashes order by Additional CIT, emphasizing CBDT or its members must explicitly issue orders under Section 119(2)(b) of...

February 9, 2025 201 Views 0 comment Print

NCLAT Rejects IBC Section 9 Plea Against Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL)

Corporate Law : NCLAT upholds rejection of IBC Section 9 application against HUL, citing pre-existing disputes and claims below the Rs. 1 crore th...

February 8, 2025 234 Views 0 comment Print

Liquidation Withdrawal Allowed if CoC Permits CIRP Time Extension: NCLAT Delhi

Corporate Law : NCLAT Delhi upheld the CoC's decision to extend CIRP and withdraw liquidation, rejecting the appeal against the Resolution Profess...

February 8, 2025 87 Views 0 comment Print

Liquidation proceeds to be distributed in proportion to admitted claim of secured creditors

Corporate Law : NCLAT Delhi held that distribution of liquidation proceeds has to be in proportion to the admitted claim of secured creditors as p...

February 8, 2025 90 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


IBBI Mandates Timely Reporting of Insolvency Assignments

Corporate Law : IBBI updates reporting rules for insolvency professionals, requiring timely assignment updates on its portal for CIRP, liquidation...

February 11, 2025 24 Views 0 comment Print

PFRDA Master Circular on Service Charges for NPS PoPs (Updated)

Corporate Law : PFRDA issues a master circular on service charges for PoPs under NPS (All Citizen & Corporate) and NPS-Lite, consolidating past ci...

February 7, 2025 108 Views 0 comment Print

IBBI suspends registration of Insolvency Professional for a period of three years

Corporate Law : IBBI issues a disciplinary order against Akash Shinghal for non-compliance with CIRP regulations. The case involves voting and CoC...

February 7, 2025 138 Views 0 comment Print

IBBI suspends IP for charging fees of 18 lakh against admitted claim of ₹10 lakh

Corporate Law : IBBI Disciplinary Committee reviews the case of Insolvency Professional Anil Kumar Mittal for excessive fees during CIRP proceedin...

February 4, 2025 4239 Views 0 comment Print

IBBI publishes syllabus for Phase 9 of Limited Insolvency Examination

Corporate Law : IBBI releases Phase 9 syllabus for Limited Insolvency Examination. Applicable from May 5, 2025, details available on the IBBI webs...

February 4, 2025 408 Views 0 comment Print


DRT has no jurisdiction to issue Certificate of Recovery against the Guarantor

October 22, 2012 20973 Views 17 comments Print

It is respectfully submitted that the recovery proceedings against the Guarantor before hon’ble Debts Recovery Tribunal under section 19 of the Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 (hereinafter ‘the Act’) are absolutely unlawful. DRT has no jurisdiction to proceed against the Guarantor as he has not taken any debt, which he has to repay.

Trust deed is to be treated as settlement deed & would be chargeable to stamp duty

October 18, 2012 17552 Views 0 comment Print

It is to be noted that a settlement is an admixture of gift or partition or trust. In law, a family arrangement/settlement is accepted as a transfer of interest in the property in favour of an individual between whom the family arrangement or settlement is so made. Just because a deed/instrument answers the description of a ‘Trust Deed’, it does not cease to be a ‘settlement’ for the purpose of stamp duty, if it answers the description of ‘settlement’ also. As a matter of fact, a deed of trust/trust deed can also be a settlement deed.

LLPs to File Form-8 by 30th October-2012

October 18, 2012 1018 Views 0 comment Print

All LLPs registered upto 30-September-2011 have to mandatorily close their financial year as on 31-03-2012 and file Form-8 by 30th October-2012. LLPs registered from 01-10-2011 to 31-03-2012 have option either to close financial year as on 31-03-2012 or 31-03-2013 and to file both Form-8 & 11 accordingly.Please note that if LLP fails to file Form-8 within prescribed time, an additional fees of Rs. 100/- is payable per day till date of filing.

Sanctity of order of court matters rather than higher bid offered at a later stage after the bid was accepted

October 17, 2012 1182 Views 0 comment Print

When an order passed by this Court it is to be considered by the public at large and the same concluded at the instance of this Court. Then it is the duty of this Court to give respect to its order by giving sanctity more than, over and above the highest bid.

If company did not dispute claim of creditor-bank, winding up petition against company is to be admitted

October 16, 2012 2291 Views 0 comment Print

A creditor can maintain a winding up petition if he complies with the provisions of Sections 433, 434 and 439 of the said Act of 1956. In the present case, the respondent-Bank was admittedly a creditor of the company. The company did not dispute such relationship. The company did not dispute receipt of the notice, hence, the winding up petition was maintainable.

IRDA (Registration of Indian Insurance Companies)(Third Amendment) Regulations, 2012 – Amendment in Regulation 2

October 16, 2012 2516 Views 0 comment Print

Gazette Notification Dt. 27th March, 2012 issued by Department of Economic Affairs (Infrastructure Section), Ministry of Finance on “Harmonised Master list of Infrastructure sub-sectors” and amended by Department of Economic Affairs from time to time by way of new notification.

Appointment of Chairman can not be called mala-fide merely because his appointment terms undergo changes

October 9, 2012 726 Views 0 comment Print

As per Section 6 of the SICA, the member/Chairman can hold an office for a period of not exceeding 5 years or till he or she attains the age of 65 years. ACC is the competent authority, who has to take decision out of the proposal made by the concerned Ministry. In the present case, note prepared by the Secretariat of ACC and proposal sent by the Ministry were put up before the ACC. After perusing the same, the ACC approved the appointment of respondent no. 4 till he attains the age of 65 years or till abolition of BIFR or until further orders, whichever event occurs the earliest.

Sale of property despite Court’s injunction is contempt of Court

October 9, 2012 7603 Views 0 comment Print

This court vide order dated 15.9.2006 gave a clear mandate to the respondent no.4 to seek permission of the court before entering into any sale transaction but the respondents no.1 to 4 in utter disregard and blatant defiance of the said injunction order kept on selling its lands to various buyers who are also now facing the brunt of contumacious and contemptuous conduct of the respondents no. 1 to 4.

Even non-signatory parties to agreements can be referred to arbitration – SC

October 9, 2012 2442 Views 0 comment Print

In the facts of a given case, the Court is always vested with the power to delete the name of the parties who are neither necessary nor proper to the proceedings before the Court. In the cases of group companies or where various agreements constitute a composite transaction like mother agreement and all other agreements being ancillary to and for effective and complete implementation of the Mother Agreement

Service of copy of arbitral award on agent/ lawyer not amount to service on party itself – SC

October 9, 2012 1679 Views 0 comment Print

The view taken in Pushpa Devi Bhagat’s case (supra) is in relation to the authority given to an Advocate to act on behalf of a party to a proceeding in the proceedings itself, which cannot stand satisfied where a provision such as Section 31(5) of the 1996 Act is concerned. The said provision clearly indicates that a signed copy of the Award has to be delivered to the party.

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