The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) should be amended to permit only financial creditors (read banks) to initiate bankruptcy proceedings against corporate debtors. Neither an
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Resolving stressed financial firms | Business Standard Column
The resolution of stressed financial firms is a key bottleneck in economic policy today. Such resolution is no different from that of non-financial firms when
Insolvency Code: How Deloitte is forging ahead – The Hindu BusinessLine
The global professional services firm aspires to emerge as ‘go to’ firm for corporate insolvency Deloitte, a global professional services firm and part of the
MCA looking to set minimum threshold for homebuyers initiating insolvency – The Economic Times
According to him, innovative ways need to be looked at to ensure that homebuyers do not abuse the insolvency resolution framework. The government is looking
NCLAT sets aside insolvency plea of bauxite exporter Ashapura Minechem | Business Standard News
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has set aside an order of the Mumbai NCLT admitting a plea filed by bentonite and bauxite exporter
Central Bank withdraws insolvency application against Aban Offshore | Business Standard News
Central Bank of India one of the lender of offshore drilling contractor Aban Offshore, has withdrawn their insolvency application against the company. The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)
A first for PSUs: NHPC acquires Lanco’s Teesta-6 hydro project under IBC – The Financial Express
In a first instance of a state-run company acquiring a stressed asset under the insolvency and bankruptcy code, NHPC on Friday signed an agreement to
Number of distressed real estate developers doubles after collapse of IL&FS – The Hindu BusinessLine
As many as 421 real estate developers entered bankruptcy court by the end of June The number of Indian real estate companies tipped into insolvency
HDIL homebuyers send SOS to PM Narendra Modi – The Economic Times
A group of aggrieved homebuyers of the scam-hit realty developer HDILNSE -4.11 % have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention to resolve their distress. The Whispering Towers Flat
In a first, realtor moves UP-RERA against home buyers – The Economic Times
A real estate developer has moved the Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (UP-Rera) against buyers for not taking delivery of their homes, making it
Grant Thornton appointed to investigate Rs 4,355-crore PMC Bank fraud – The Economic Times
The government has roped in Grant Thornton to carry out forensic investigations into the fraud hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank, said four persons with direct
Deloitte Haskins and Sells questions NCLT ambit – The Economic Times
Deloitte Haskins and Sells, an auditing network firm of Deloitte India, on Thursday challenged the constitutional validity of National Company Law Tribunal’s (NCLT) power to sack
PMC Bank crisis: The collapse of PMC exposes the fault lines in the financial system–Economic Times
PMC’s results in FY19 show no issues with the bank, with net NPAs of 2.19% and capital adequacy ratio (CAR) of 12.62% — above the
PMC case: ICAI to check role of auditors – The Economic Times
The suspended managing director of PMC Bank, Joy Thomas, has blamed the auditors for the mess at the bank, accusing them of only “superficially auditing”
PMC’s suspended MD Joy Thomas blames ‘superficial auditing’ for mess – The Economic Times
The suspended managing director of Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank, Joy Thomas, has blamed the auditors for the mess at the bank, accusing them of
Resolution plans ready for all 302 entities: IL&FS – The Economic Times
The IL&FS board is targeting to achieve resolution for significant quantum of addressable debt by March 2020, the presentation said. A year after the crisis
PMC crisis: Ex-MD reveals how six officials pulled off Rs 6,500 crore fraud at PMC Bank – The Economic Times
Thomas’ confession letter to RBI revealed that the bank’s exposure to bankrupt HDIL was pegged at Rs 6,500 crore, which is over 70% of the
One-third of Indian businesses hit hard by internal, external fraud: Report – The Economic Times
Nearly a third of Indian businesses experienced frauds by internal as well as external parties in the last 12 months, with data theft being the top most
MCA looking to set minimum threshold for homebuyers initiating insolvency – The Economic Times
The government needs to look at innovative ways, including minimum thresholds, to ensure that the insolvency resolution framework is not abused by homebuyers, a senior official
Due Diligence of a stressed asset still a challenge in IBC: Koushik Chatterjee, Tata Steel – The Economic Times
One of the first players to successfully acquire a stressed asset under the country’s historic bankruptcy law, Tata SteelNSE -2.48 %‘s CFO Koushik Chatterjee said that due diligence