Corporate Law - Central Government dictates details of Class Action Suits via National Company Law Tribunal (Second Amendment) Rules, 2019 Background At the time of Satyam scam, the Indian investors, as opposed to their counterparts in USA, could not file litigations against the fraudulent company. Owing to the peculiarity of weighty financial scam of Sa...
Read MoreCorporate Law - Article Contains updates on Notifications/ Circulars issued by MCA, SEBI, RBI, BSE, NSE in February 2019 and on Recent Important NCLT Order. Updates includes updates on The Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Amendment Rules, 2019 – 8 February 2019, The Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Second Amendment Rules, 201...
Read MoreCorporate Law - Everyone knows High Court and Supreme Court but few People like CA/CS/Lawyers know NCLT & NCLAT. Lets through light on this topic in very simple language for better understanding of student and Public at Large. Introduction: – NCLT, National Company Law Tribunal is a quasi-judicial body to regulate and resolve Civil Corporate di...
Read MoreCorporate Law - Procedure For Reduction Of Share Capital Under Section 66 Read With NCLT (Procedure For Reduction Of Share Capital) Rules, 2016 i. Convene a Board Meeting to approve the reduction of share capital and fixing the date of general meeting of the company. ii. Hold the general meeting and have the Special Resolution passed. iii. File […...
Read MoreCorporate Law - Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are the transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred or consolidated with other entities. As an aspect of strategic management, M&A can allow enterprises to grow or downsize, and change the nature of their business or competitive pos...
Read MoreCorporate Law - 9,073 cases are under consideration in NCLT, including 1,630 cases of Merger and Amalgamation; 2,511 cases of insolvency and 4,932 cases under other sections of Companies Act. The Company Law Board (CLB) set up under Companies Act 1956 stands dissolved with the setting up of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). As on 12.03.2018, only o...
Read MoreCorporate Law - 283 Sections of the Companies Act, 2013 have already been commenced. Remaining sections related to functioning of NCLT/NCLAT and certain other authorities are yet to be notified. In view of the Supreme Court order dated 14 th May, 2015, the process for constitution of NCLT/NCLAT has been undertaken and these bodies are likely to be set up...
Read MoreCorporate Law - The Government proposes to set up National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) which will replace Company Law Board, Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction and Appellate Authority for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction....
Read MoreCorporate Law - The ministry of corporate affairs has begun discussions with the law ministry to incorporate the suggestions made by the Supreme Court when it cleared the National Companies Law Tribunal (NCLT) in the Companies Bill that is with a Parliamentary Standing Committee....
Read MoreCorporate Law - In a landmark judgment, a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the legality of the Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002, providing for the establishment of the National Company Law Tribunal and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal to deal exclusively with the company cases for their speedy disposal. ...
Read MoreAlchemist Asset Reconstruction Co. Ltd. Vs. Moser Baer India Limited (NCLT Delhi, Principal Bench) - Alchemist Asset Reconstruction Co. Ltd. Vs. Moser Baer India Limited (NCLT Delhi, Principal Bench) Under Section 36(4) (a) (III), the expression ‘liquidation estate’ has been defined and it is clarified that all sums due to any workman or employee from the provident fund, pension fund an...
Read MoreAsset Reconstruction Company (India) Pvt Ltd Vs Shivam Water Treaters Pvt Ltd (National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai) - Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Pvt Ltd Vs Shivam Water Treaters Pvt Ltd (National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai) The Resolution professional has also reported that Mr Gaurav Dave abused the RP while she was discharging her duties as Court officer. Such actions of the Ex-directors can never be t...
Read MoreLiberty House Group Pte Ltd Vs State Bank of India & Ors. (Delhi High Court) - National Company Law Tribunal shall have jurisdiction to entertain or dispose of any question of law or facts, arising out of or in relation to the insolvency resolution or liquidation proceedings of the corporate debtor or corporate person under the Code...
Read MoreIn re Gabs Investments Pvt. Limited Vs Ajanta Pharma Limited (NCLT Mumbai) - Scheme of Amalgamation and Arrangement between G Pvt. Ltd. ('Transferor Company') and A Limited (`Transferee Company') and their respective shareholders appeared to be unfair, unreasonable and was not in the public interest as the scheme was devised mainly to benefit the four share holders of G wh...
Read MoreUnion of India Vs Mr. Mukesh Maneklal Choksi (NCLT) - Union of India Vs Mr. Mukesh Maneklal Choksi (National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench) Since Respondent No 1, Mr Mukesh Maneklal Choksi, Statutory Auditor , colluded with the Chairman/Director of R-2 company and has given a false Audit certificate relating to the Profit & Loss Account and Ba...
Read MoreS.O. 1216(E). - (08/03/2019) - Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh get new NCLT benches The Government has approved establishment of two new benches of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), one at Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh and the other at Indore in Madhya Pradesh. This step has been taken keeping in view the increasing case loa...
Read MoreNotification No. S.O. 1039(E) - (27/02/2019) - Govt amends appointment date of NCLT Judicial and Technical Members to 23.06.2016 from earlier notified date of 08.06.2016 which was notified vide S.O. 2563(E), dated the 28th July, 2016. MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 27th February, 2019 S.O. 1039(E).—In exercise of ...
Read MoreNotification No. G.S.R.29(E) - (15/01/2019) - Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the National Company Law Tribunal Rules, 2016, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the National Company Law Tribunal (Amendment) Rules, 2019. ...
Read MoreNotification No. S.O. 3430(E) - (12/07/2018) - Central Government hereby establishes the National Company Law Tribunal, Cuttack Bench at Cuttack and for the said purpose further amends the notification of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs number S.O. 1935 (E), dated the 1st day of June, 2016, namely:—...
Read MoreF.No.278/M-52/2003-ITJ(Pt.) - (04/04/2018) - For a PCCIT region where the NCLT bench is not situated in the region, the concerned PCCIT was directed to ensure representation by coordinating with the PCCIT in whose jurisdiction the NCLT bench is located. This assumes importance in view of the fact that in case of many NCLT benches, a single ben...
Read MoreAlchemist Asset Reconstruction Co. Ltd. Vs. Moser Baer India Limited (NCLT Delhi, Principal Bench) -
Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Pvt Ltd Vs Shivam Water Treaters Pvt Ltd (National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai) -
Liberty House Group Pte Ltd Vs State Bank of India & Ors. (Delhi High Court) -
S.O. 1216(E). - (08/03/2019) -
In re Gabs Investments Pvt. Limited Vs Ajanta Pharma Limited (NCLT Mumbai) -
Notification No. S.O. 1039(E) - (27/02/2019) -
Union of India Vs Mr. Mukesh Maneklal Choksi (NCLT) -
Notification No. G.S.R.29(E) - (15/01/2019) -