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[By Samyak Jain] The author is a student at NMIMS School of Law, Mumbai. Waterfall mechanism under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC or the code) prioritizes secured creditors over other stakeholders when secured creditors don’t enforce the security separately. This acts as an incentive for a lot of them to relinquish their security interest to liquidation estate. However, a situation of deadlock is created when joint charge holders...
[By Nimisha Sharma and Uddhav Tiwari] The authors are students at the National Law Institute University, Bhopal. INTRODUCTION Moratorium under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”) has been subjected to multiple legislative amendments and judicial enhancements. Recently, the Hon’ble Supreme Court (“SC”) in P. Mohanraj & Others v. M/s. Shah Brothers Ispat Pvt. Ltd.[i] solved the conundrum about the applicability of moratorium under §14 of IBC to proceedings...
[By Mansi Avashia] The author is a student at the Gujarat National Law University. Introduction The Tata-Mistry dispute has been one of the most controversial and hostile battles in the corporate sector of India. On March 26, 2021, the Supreme Court brought an end to this longstanding feud by setting aside the 2019 National Company Law Appellate Tribunal [“NCLAT”] order which had restored Cyrus Mistry as the Chairman...
[By Nandini Shenai] The author is a student at the NMIMS School of Law, Mumbai. Countries around the world are imposing strict restrictions and social distancing norms as the Covid-19 outbreak worsens and the number of positive reports and casualties continues to rise. The catastrophe has transformed into a financial downturn plummeting the financial sector into an unprecedented recession, as the wheels of economic development come to a stop....
[By Injila Khan and Utkarsh Mishra] Injila is a student at the Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad and Utkarsh is a student at Symbiosis Law School, Noida. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 was enacted to structure and amend laws relating to the reorganization of financial assets and insolvency resolutions relating to corporate persons. Part II of the code deals with Insolvency Resolution and Liquidation for Corporate...
[By Anchal Bhatheja and Chaaru Gupta] Anchal is a student at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and Chaaru is a student at the National Law University Jodhpur. Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013 (the “Act”) in India provides for mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by corporations. Prior to 31.07.2019, the provision required corporations to merely ‘comply or explain’, that is, if a company did...
[By Christina D’Souza] The author is a third year student at RMLNLU, Lucknow. It has been almost a year since the Notification dated 24.03.2020([i]) (“Notification”) was notified by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to increase the amount of default from 1 lakh rupees to 1 crore rupees for filing applications under Part II of the IBC. Even today, an issue is raised before NCLTs regarding the admissibility of...
[By Anumeha Agrawal] The author is a student at the Symbiosis Law School, Pune Introduction A Special Purpose Acquisition Company (hereinafter referred to as “SPAC”) as the nomenclature suggests is a company incorporated with the sole aim to acquire another private company thus converting it into a public company. The first step involved in the functioning of SPAC is the incorporation of the company with the promoters having...