Veteran banker Aditya Puri today said initiating insolvency proceedings is not the “best solution” to fight the bad loan issue and advocated using the recently
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The missing pillar of insolvency framework | Business Standard Column–24.07.2017
The bankruptcy law reforms committee (BLRC) has visualised four pillars to make the insolvency process work efficiently: A private industry of insolvency professionals (IPs); adjudication
Insolvency: Why pending winding-up cases are causing ambiguity in the Code | Business Standard Column–24.07.2017
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) direction to banks to commence insolvency proceedings against 12 big-ticket corporate defaulters (with a combined value of Rs 1,75,000
Debtors have filed over 33% of insolvency cases | Business Line–24.07.2017
With defaulters themselves triggering the proceedings, resolution could happen faster Essar Steel tried to stay insolvency proceedings against it by moving the Gujarat High Court.
Insolvency case: Jaypee Infra must respond to petition by Aug 4, says NCLT | Business Standard News–21.07.2017
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Thursday gave Jaypee Infratech time till August 4 to respond to a petition of insolvency filed by IDBI
What does limited liability mean here?–Economic Times–20.07.2017
A bankruptcy court has reportedly ruled that a promoter cannot escape liquidation of her personal assets by simply filing for bankruptcy. Going after the personal
Widening of direct tax base | Business Standard Column–20.07.2017
Implementation of the goods and services tax (GST) from July 1, 2017, is a huge step forward in uniform nation-wide collection of indirect taxes. Prime
[ IBC Law ] More steel to lenders | Business Line
The Gujarat High Court verdict in the Essar Steel case sanctifies the IBC process and strengthens the hands of lenders Counter-intuitive as it might
Insolvency: Landmark bankruptcy ruling: Loan defaulters’ personal wealth can now be auctioned–Economic Times–19.07.2017
The court has ordered lenders to go after the personal properties of M/s Schweitzer Systemtek India though the company brought in voluntary bankruptcy proceedings. MUMBAI:
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code: ‘Gujarat High Court views could delay Insolvency Code resolutions’-Economic Times–19.07.2017
The government pushed through the IBC to hasten up recoveries from defaulters MUMBAI: The Gujarat High Court may have dismissed Essar Steel’s petition challenging the
Essar Steel: Gujarat HC turns down Essar Steel’s bad loan plea in big win for banks–Economic Times–19.07.2017
The Gujarat High Court dismissed Essar Steel’s plea against the Reserve Bank of India directive asking lenders to initiate bankruptcy proceedings against the debt-laden company,
Stringent provisioning a disincentive to insolvency process–Economic Times–19.07.2017
By MR Umarji The Reserve Bank of India has recently prescribed provisioning requirements for banks in cases where insolvency resolution process is initiated against any
Essar resolution: Selective speed in judicial working not doable–18.07.2017–
The Gujarat High Court has dismissed a plea by Essar Steel that had contested bankruptcy proceeding against it. This does not mean swift resolution of
Slow to start, banks wrestle with insolvency regime | Business Standard News–13.07.2017
Neeraj Singhal, promoter and vice-chairman of Bhushan Steel, was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in August 2014. Singhal’s arrest came days after
You asked for it, so the Bankruptcy Code is here to stay–Economic Times–12.07.2017
During the days of corporate debt restructuring (CDR), numerous borrowers and their advisors pleaded that “in the absence of Chapter 11” , they have no
New bankruptcy law: Multiple delays in first case offers cautionary tale–Business Standard–11.07.2017
In January, Innoventive Industries, a speciality steelmaker based in western India, was forced into the bankruptcy court by its lenders, testing for the first time
First test of new bankruptcy law offers cautionary tale–Business Line–11.07.2017
The new Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code aims to move cases of company failure into a single forum In January, Innoventive Industries, a speciality steelmaker based
The buy side in bankruptcy process–Business Standard–10.07.2017
The main focus of the Indian bankruptcy reform has been on the sell side: On creating conditions where lenders eject shareholders and put a firm
RBI: NCLT priority for insolvency: RBI partially retracts statement – The Economic Times–09.07.2017
RBI today withdrew a portion of its earlier statement in which it had said that 12 cases identified by it for insolvency proceedings would be
Gujarat HC frowns over directive asking banks to initiate bankruptcy proceedings, RBI on back foot–Economic Times–08.07.2017
The Reserve Bank of India agreed to amend its June 13 press release after the Gujarat High Court expressed surprise at the document’s wording,