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Corporate Law : The resolution plan was approved despite a higher competing offer, as creditors prioritized upfront payment and execution certaint...
Corporate Law : The Court examined misuse of anti-conversion laws through third-party complaints lacking factual basis. It held that such false FI...
Corporate Law : Explains the requirement of CTE before setup and CTO before operations. Highlights how both approvals ensure compliance and preven...
Corporate Law : Highlights that failure to act on workplace harassment complaints may be treated as abetment, attracting criminal consequences. Th...
Corporate Law : Emphasizes that organizations must shift from policy-based compliance to building a culture of safety rooted in accountability and...
Corporate Law : The amendments replace the consultation committee with CoC oversight, giving creditors greater control over liquidation decisions....
Corporate Law : The proposal focuses on enabling creditors to initiate resolution while retaining debtor management under supervision. It sets out...
Corporate Law : The amendments arise from the inclusion of a unified “service provider” definition under the Code. The move expands regulatory...
Corporate Law : The issue addressed is ambiguity in authentication and evidentiary value of financial information in insolvency cases. The propose...
Corporate Law : The proposal aligns grievance regulations with the newly introduced definition under the amended Code. It aims to ensure uniform a...
Corporate Law : Bank of India Vs Neurostar Hospital Private Limited (NCLT Mumbai) The application was filed under Section 7 of the Insolvency and ...
Corporate Law : The Tribunal held that appeals filed beyond the statutory 45-day limit cannot be entertained. It ruled that delay exceeding the co...
Corporate Law : The Tribunal held that insolvency proceedings cannot be avoided when total debt is higher than the arbitral claim. It ruled that u...
Corporate Law : The issue involved rejection of a delayed claim in bankruptcy proceedings. The Tribunal held that concealment of material facts by...
Corporate Law : The court interpreted the scope of Section 91 CrPC in summoning documents. It ruled that parties cannot demand documents as a matt...
Corporate Law : IRDAI delegates Section 34 powers between Whole Time Members and Chairperson. The move aims to streamline enforcement actions and ...
Corporate Law : The Bill mandates seat allocation using updated census figures, replacing decades-old data. It ensures fair representation aligned...
Corporate Law : The notification addressed mandatory reinsurance cession for general insurance policies. It mandates 4% cession to GIC Re, ensurin...
Corporate Law : The government approved a major fund to enhance startup funding through AIFs. The scheme aims to strengthen innovation, especially...
Corporate Law : EPFO permits de-linking of wrongly linked Member IDs even when contributions exist, subject to limits. The circular outlines a str...
The Supreme Court has stated that the Arbitration and Conciliation Act would apply to all civil disputes, and not merely to commercial disputes. It set aside the view of the Karnataka high court in the case, H Srinivas Pai vs H V Pai, in which the high court remarked that the law will apply only to “commercial agreement matters and international commercial matters.”
If a written complaint, alleging any definite charges of misbehaviour or incapacity to perform the functions of the office in respcet of a Presiding Officer is received by the Central Government, it shall make a preliminary scrutiny of such complaint.
A circular dated 5 May 2010 is issued by Employee Provident Fund Organization (Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt of India) in relation to implementation to EPFiGMS. This circular is issued by the Central Provident Fund Commissioner to Additional / Regional Provident Fund Commissioners and related officers.
Wage Limit increased from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 15,000 for coverage of an employee under the ESIC Act:- The Government of India through notification in the Official Gazette has amended the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950. Accordingly, as per rule 50, the wage limit for coverage of an employee under Employees State Insurance Act has been enhanced from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 15,000 with effect from 1st May 2010.
As per the procedure agreed, Department of Commerce takes responsibility of having consultation with all concerned Department of the Government of India to create consensus among them and send its recommendation alongwith the no objection of different Departments of the Government of India to MHA for final approval. Ministry of Home Affairs would get the President on the Bill. Development Commissioner of SEZ are advised to send a copy of the communication to the nodal Department of the respective State Government.
THE Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against the then Regional Provident Fund Commissioner-II(EPFC-II), Employees Provident Fund Organisation(EPFO), Sub-Regional Office, Vashi (Maharashtra), now posted at Thane, EPFO and the Enforcement Officer of EPFO, Vashi and others for causing loss of Rs.24.91 crores to Government.
The revised discussion paper on the Direct Tax Code (DTC), which would overhaul the Income Tax Act, proposes tax exemptions only for the existing SEZ units. “In case no income tax benefit is provided to the new SEZ units, no entrepreneur would like to set up a unit in the SEZ,” EPCES Chairman R K Sonthalia said.
The Union Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, on Tuesday said the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority and the Planning Commission will develop a framework to give a further fillip to infrastructure financing by the insurance industry. “Insurance sector has contributed immensely for infrastructure development.
Life insurance agents may lose their licences if the annual persistency ratio of their clients’ policies is less than 50 per cent. In an exposure draft on persistency in life insurance policies announced on Saturday, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority proposed norms for enhancing the performance of agents.
Foreign direct investment in new form of business, limited liability partnerships (LLPs), could be allowed without a cap, a highly placed source said.”The officials have reached a consensus for 100 per cent FDI in LLPs,” he said. Officials in the ministries of industry, finance and corporate affairs have been in regular consultations on the issue of allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) since the LLP form of business was notified in 2009.
