IBBI proposes increasing fees on service providers

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has released a paper that proposes increasing the fee on service providers it appoints, seeking to buttress its finances as statutory independent body. The IBBI is short of about Rs 21 crore to be self-sufficient and must shift from relying on the government to a system where the it recovers all or

NCLT directs tax department to return TDS to Precision Fasteners

The NCLT MUMBAI has directed the income tax department to return the tax deducted at source (TDS) from Precision Fasteners after the auto-component maker was referred for liquidation. The ruling is expected to set a precedent in several such cases where the revenue department is seeking to recover statutory dues from companies facing liquidation. The liquidator of the company had

97% of lenders voted in favour of ASG Hospital’s bid

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Chennai, was informed on Monday that the committee of creditors has voted in favour of a resolution bid submitted by Rajasthan-based ASG Hospital Private Limited for Vasan Health Care Pvt. Ltd. under the insolvency process. The resolution professional told the tribunal that the lenders had approved the plan in a meeting held on February

NCLAT reserves order on Amazon’s request against CCI

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has reserved its order on Amazon’s plea challenging the decision of regulator CCI to suspend approval for the e-commerce deal with Future Coupons. In December last year, Competition Commission of India (CCI) suspended the approval given by it in 2019 for Amazon’s deal to acquire a 49% stake in Future Coupons Pvt Ltd

Bank of India moves NCLT against Future Retail

Bank of India has moved the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), filing a petition to initiateinsolvency proceedings against debt-ridden Future Retail Ltd. “Bank of India (BoI) has served an advance intimation of filing an application under Section 7 of theInsolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 against the company for default on non-payment of moniesdue in terms of the Framework Agreement entered

EARLIER BANKRUPTCY REGIMES IN INDIA

The objective of the new law is to promote entrepreneurship, availability of credit, and to balance the interests of all stakeholders by consolidating and amending the laws relating to reorganization and insolvency resolution of corporate persons, partnership firms and individuals in a time-bound manner and for maximization of value of assets of such persons and matters connected therewith or incidental