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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 ...
Corporate Law : Understand the applicability, compliance, penalties, and best practices of the POSH Act for Private Limited Companies in India wit...
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Corporate Law : Trademarks are critical for businesses to differentiate their goods or offerings from others in market. They help construct brand...
Corporate Law : Understanding conveyance & deemed conveyance in housing societies, legal provisions, benefits, and challenges under MOFA, RERA, an...
Corporate Law : The National Pension System (NPS) offers flexible, low-cost pension options with digital accessibility, aiming to expand coverage ...
Corporate Law : ICAI held its Convocation 2025 across 13 locations, awarding 19,075 Chartered Accountants with membership. The Governor of West Be...
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...
Corporate Law : IBBI proposes key amendments to CIRP, liquidation, and personal guarantor insolvency, aiming to enhance efficiency, transparency, ...
Corporate Law : FIU-IND imposed a ₹9.27 crore penalty on Bybit for violating PMLA compliance. The platform operated without registration, leadin...
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...
Corporate Law : Bombay HC quashes order by Additional CIT, emphasizing CBDT or its members must explicitly issue orders under Section 119(2)(b) of...
Corporate Law : NCLAT upholds rejection of IBC Section 9 application against HUL, citing pre-existing disputes and claims below the Rs. 1 crore th...
Corporate Law : NCLAT Delhi upheld the CoC's decision to extend CIRP and withdraw liquidation, rejecting the appeal against the Resolution Profess...
Corporate Law : NCLAT Delhi held that distribution of liquidation proceeds has to be in proportion to the admitted claim of secured creditors as p...
Corporate Law : IBBI updates reporting rules for insolvency professionals, requiring timely assignment updates on its portal for CIRP, liquidation...
Corporate Law : PFRDA issues a master circular on service charges for PoPs under NPS (All Citizen & Corporate) and NPS-Lite, consolidating past ci...
Corporate Law : IBBI issues a disciplinary order against Akash Shinghal for non-compliance with CIRP regulations. The case involves voting and CoC...
Corporate Law : IBBI Disciplinary Committee reviews the case of Insolvency Professional Anil Kumar Mittal for excessive fees during CIRP proceedin...
Corporate Law : IBBI releases Phase 9 syllabus for Limited Insolvency Examination. Applicable from May 5, 2025, details available on the IBBI webs...
Hon’ble Supreme Court in Afcons Infrastructure Ltd. & Anr. Vs. Cherian Varkey Construction Co. (P) Ltd. & Ors. {(2010) 8 SCC 24; Decided on 26.07.2010} held as follows in para 13.5 and 16 respectively. A classic example of correcting an error committed by the draftsman in legislative drafting is the substitution of the words `defendant’s witnesses’ by this Court for the words `plaintiff’s witnesses’ occurring in Order VII Rule 14(4) of the Code, in Salem Bar-II {Salem Advocate Bar Assn. II Vs. UOI (2005 6 SCC 344)}.
Before declaring NPAs, Bankers have numerous duties to perform including rehabilitation not only once but multiple times – Important Information for Borrowers and their advocates. Our Associate and Banking Expert has drawn attention to the following important RBI Guidelines and circulars which will be highly useful to Borrowers and their Advocates. These need to be studied and important aspects included in the ‘Representation and Objections’ to notice u/s 13 of the Securitisation Act as well as in the application u/s 17 of the said Act:-
The government is likely to announce opening of multi-brand retail to foreign investors after the state Assembly election results, in a move to revive confidence of global investors in the country. However, for starters, multi-brand retail giants like Wal-Mart, Carrefour and Tesco may be allowed only in 36 large cities which have population of over 1 million, according to 2001 census, high level sources said.The government is likely to announce opening of multi-brand retail to foreign investors after the state Assembly election results, in a move to revive confidence of global investors in the country.
The Government has restructured the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) – the flagship scheme of Ministry of Textiles for upgradation of technology in the textile and jute sectors. Ministry of Textiles has issued the Government Resolution on Restructured Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme for the period 28.04.2011 to 31.03.2012 (both the days inclusive) with an overall subsidy cap of Rs.1972 crore during the period. The Government Resolution lays down the financial and operational parameters and implementation mechanism for the Restructured TUFS.
Why a Bank does not agree to any of the rights conferred on sureties by section 133, 134, 135, 139 and 141 of Contract Act, and any Rule of Law or Equity? A Case Study– Dena Bank (Letter of Guarantee):- Extracts of Paragraph nos. 4, 5, 6, 10 and 15 of Letter of Guarantee of Dena Bank are reproduced below–
HARSHENDRA KUMAR D. V. REBATILATA KOLEY ETC In our judgment, the above observations cannot be read to mean that in a criminal case where trial is yet to take place and the matter is at the stage of issuance of summons or taking cognizance, materials relied upon by the accused which are in the nature of public documents or the materials which are beyond suspicion or doubt, in no circumstance, can be looked into by the High Court in exercise of its jurisdiction under Section 482 or for that matter in exercise of revisional jurisdiction under Section 397 of the Code. It is fairly settled now that while exercising inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 or revisional jurisdiction under Section 397 of the Code in a case where complaint is sought to be quashed, it is not proper for the High Court to consider the defence of the accused or embark upon an enquiry in respect of merits of the accusations. However, in an appropriate case, IF ON THE FACE OF THE DOCUMENTS
In a major top-level management restructuring, India’s second largest software firm Infosys today named veteran banker K V Kamath as the new chairman to succeed founder N R Narayana Murthy, who retires in August. The over USD 6-billion Infosys Technologies has also appointed current CEO S Gopalakrishnan as the Executive co-Chairman and promoted COO S D Shibulal as CEO and MD.
The government will notify the new rules for corporate mergers and acquisitions on May 5, following which it will be mandatory for companies to seek the Competition Commission”s approval for high voltage deals, Chairman Dhanendra Kumar said today. By May 3-4, the rules will be finalised and by May 5, we will notify the same. And by June 1, the provisions relating to mergers and acquisition approvals would come into effect, Kumar told reporters on the sidelines of an AMCHAM event here.
Hon’ble Supreme Court in U.P. Avas Evam Vikas Parishad & Anr. Vs. Friends Coop. Housing Society Ltd. & Anr. (AIR 1996 SC 114; Date of Judgment 24/04/1995) held that Right to shelter is a fundamental right, which springs from the right to residence assured in Article.19 (1) (e) and right to life under Article. 21 of the Constitution.
Since long the public sector banks and financial institutions (hereinafter collectively referred to as ‘the Bank’ or ‘the Banks’) have unilaterally and arbitrarily developed a practice to execute personal guarantee agreements with the guarantors to secure the debts of a company. This view is supported by the judgement of hon’ble Supreme Court in Karnataka State Financial Corporation vs N. Narasimahaiah & Ors. {2008 AIR 1797, 2008 (5) SCC 176, 2008 (4) JT 183; Date of Judgment: 13/03/2008}, wherein the court has observed as follows (in para 18)
