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[By Divya Khanwani and Suneel Kumar] The authors are students at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. Introduction On January 27, 2022, Talace acquired 100% equity share capital and sole control over the management and operations of Air India and AIXL, and 50% equity share capital and joint control over the management and operations of AISATS. The transaction meets the threshold for activating a requirement of notifying...
[By Swetha Somu and Sanigdh Budhia] The authors are students at the Gujarat National Law University. Mergers and acquisitions that fall below a certain threshold are not required to be disclosed to the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for prior clearance under the Competition Act, 2002 (the Act). This exemption, granted by the Indian Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), is based on certain de-minimis thresholds enshrined under Section...
[By Manvee] The author is a student at Chanakya National Law University, Patna. Introduction Recently Indian Premier League became the world’s 2nd richest league and the reason behind this was that BCCI saw the auction of IPL media rights for more than 48,000 crores for the year 2023-27 cycle. IPL since its inception has proved to be beneficial in monetary aspects for the BCCI as well as the Indian...
[By Avik Sarkar] The author is a student at K.L.E. Society’s Law college, Bengaluru. Introduction In order to boost the investment regime in the country, the Government of India has introduced various enactments and amendments. Among them, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (‘the Code’) was one such enactment. It was introduced in order to bring the insolvency regime under one umbrella so that the investors could salvage...
[By Subodh Asthana and Madhur Bhatt] The authors are students at Hidayatullah National Law University. The definition of a “Consumer” under section 2(7) of the Consumer Protection Act (“Consumer Act”) 2019 seeks to exclude any transaction consummated for “commercial purpose” with an exception afforded to the purchase of goods for self-employment. Conversely, Section 2(1)(d) of the Consumer Act 1986 after the Amendment Act of 2002 did provide an...
[By Ashish Kumar Jha] The author is a student at Gujarat National Law University. Introduction The recent acquisition of Ambuja Cements and its subsidiary ACC cement from the Swiss company has been in the limelight for a while. According to CEO Holcim, Jan Jenisch, the transaction worth USD 6.38 billion is totally tax-free. Since then, the structure of this tax-free transaction has perplexed everyone. This article tries to...
[By Vaibhav Kashyap] The author is a student at the National Law University, Odisha. Background The 101st Constitution Amendment was inserted to make the necessary constitutional changes to allow the functioning of the GST regime. The GST Acts brought about a long-standing change in the indirect taxation policy of the country. The main thrust point of these changes was the uniformity in the taxation structure of the country,...
[Ayush Shandilya] The author is a student of National Law University, Odisha. Introduction The Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) of Life Insurance Corporation (“LIC”) was announced during the annual budget session of 2020 but it took the Government a little over two years to finally come up with the IPO. The delay in the IPO could be attributed to the pandemic situation that had disrupted the market along with...