Articles and Updates

Clash Of Titans: Prevention Of Money Laundering Act, 2002 vs. Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code, 2016
  • Vasanth Rajasekaran and Shweta Vashist - 14-01-2020

Liability Of The Corporate Debtor And Resolution Applicant For Offences Committed Prior To The Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process

Read More
Clash Of Titans: Prevention Of Money Laundering Act, 2002 vs. Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code, 2016 - Liability Of The Corporate Debtor And Resolution Applicant For Offences Committed Prior To The Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process
  • - 14-01-2020

The Union Cabinet, on December 24,2019 approved the proposal to promulgate the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 (Ordinance) to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code). Introduced to further ease of doing business in India, the Ordinance seeks to clarify various issues and streamline the insolvency resolution process. One of the significant changes pertains to the insertion of Section 32A to the Code (Section 32A), by way of which successful resolution applicants will be ring-fenced from the threat of criminal proceedings for offences committed by the former promoters of the corporate debtor.

Read More
Clash Of Titans: Prevention Of Money Laundering Act, 2002 vs. Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code, 2016 - Liability Of The Corporate Debtor And Resolution Applicant For Offences Committed Prior To The Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process
  • Vasanth Rajasekaran and Shweta Vashist - 14-01-2020

The Union Cabinet, on December 24,2019 approved the proposal to promulgate the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 (Ordinance) to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code). Introduced to further ease of doing business in India, the Ordinance seeks to clarify various issues and streamline the insolvency resolution process. One of the significant changes pertains to the insertion of Section 32A to the Code (Section 32A), by way of which successful resolution applicants will be ring-fenced from the threat of criminal proceedings for offences committed by the former promoters of the corporate debtor.

Read More
Arbitration Agreement Contained In An Unstamped Document Must Be Impounded: Supreme Court Clarifies The Law
  • Vasanth Rajasekaran and Srijata Majumdar - 10-01-2020

The Supreme Court by a significant judgment on 10 April 2019, clarified that the power of the court to impound an unstamped document containing an arbitration clause, at the stage of appointment of an arbitrator, remains unchanged with the introduction of Section 11 (6A) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act ("Act").

Read More
10 Landmark Judgments On Arbitration By Supreme Court Of India In The Year 2019
  • Vasanth Rajasekaran and Saurabh Babulkar - 07-01-2020

The landmark judgments of the year 2019 as ruled by the Supreme Court in the Arbitration matters.

Read More