AN OVERVIEW OF COMMERCIAL COURTS

Commercial Law Act, 2016, came into force on 23.10.2015. Wherein the Act had limited the specific value of the suit to not less than Rupees One crore and the commercial courts were established at all the District levels.

Legal Remedies For Cheque Bounce

Cheque bounce is a criminal offence stipulated under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The aggrieved party can file a criminal as well as a civil case against the accused who must have had a legal obligation to repay the amount.

Important compliances for private limited company

It is often said that one major disadvantage of a company structure is that there are more compliances. The cost of non-compliance is always more than the cost of compliance.

Section 8 of RERA: Obligation of Authority consequent upon the lapse of or on the revocation of registration.

Section 8 of the RERA is an essential clause that guarantees the protection of homebuyers’ interests in the event that the registration of a real estate project is canceled or expires.

Threshold limit of the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process as per NCLT

There is no specific threshold limit for the NCLT Delhi under the IBC 2016. The IBC provides that a financial creditor, operational creditor, or the corporate debtor itself can initiate the insolvency resolution process with the NCLT.

The Conundrum of Reverse Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process

Reverse CIRP is still in an experimentation process and we should wait for more cases in which Reverse CIRP is applied and then observe its effect.

How to take maximum benefit from RERA as a Homebuyer and as a builder?

RERA was established to do away with project delays, malpractice, and irregularities in norms and increase transparency and accountability from builders and homebuyers both.

CIRP proceedings could be initiated against both corporate co-borrowers, but the recovery of the same amount could not be made from both parties: SC

CIRP proceedings under section 7 can be initiated against corporate debtors who are co-borrowers but there can be no double recovery of the same amount from both.

The practice of compassionate appointments

Compassionate appointments are not a vested right and a claim for a compassionate appointment cannot be entertained after a lapse of a considerable period of time since the death of the concerned individual.

Promoters toiling with Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

Main reasons for the delay is the spate of litigations by the promoters. Once the CIRP order is passed, the promoters get into the action with the sole objective of getting back the company at a cheaper price.

Service of Advance Copy of Applications to IBBI for Initiating CIRP under IBBI Rules, 2016

the advance copy of the Application for initiating CIRP under Section 7, Section 9, or Section 10 of IBC, 2016 needs to be served to the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CASE LAW: MITTAL V. WESTBRIDGE VENTURES

Mittal v Westbridge Ventures, the Singapore Court of Appeal reviewed several fundamental arbitration law issues, including the proper law of arbitration agreements and determining whether law determines whether a particular case is arbitrable.

Artificial intelligence and the Indian legal system

In India, the use of AI in the legal industry is still in its early stages, but there is no doubt that it will play an increasingly important role in the future.

Virtual Currencies Platform undergoing Insolvency in the Indian Scenario

The primary challenge to VC regulation is the uncertainty regarding their very nature– whether they can be considered goods, commodities, currencies, or property.

NCLT’s discretion while admitting Section 7 Applications– A Vidarbha Judgement Outlook

An application filed to initiate CIRP against the petitioners under Section 7(2) of the IBC Vidarbha Industries Power Limited v. Axis Bank Limited.