ArchiveDecember 2019

Some Comments on NCLAT’s Ruling in the Tata-Mistry Case

Last week, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) pronounced its ruling in the Tata-Mistry case. It held that the removal of Mr. Cyrus Mistry as executive chairman by the board of Tata Sons was illegal, and called for his reinstatement to that position. It also decided that consequential actions taken in the interim, including the appointment of a new executive chairman were illegal...

Arbitrability of Fraud in India: The Rashid Raza test for Complex Fraud

[Anirban Chanda is a 4th year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student and Anujay Shrivastava a 5th Year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student, both at the Jindal Global Law School. The authors give special thanks to Dr. V. Niranjan and Mr. Anubhav Khamroi for their inputs.] The term “arbitrability” generally connotes the capability of a dispute or classes of disputes that can be settled by an arbitrator.[1] As far as...

Indian Insolvency Proceeding Secures First Recognition under Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code

[Rahul Kanoujia and Tharun Chowdary are 3rd-year law students at Gujarat National Law University] Chapter 15 of the United States (US) Bankruptcy Code provides a framework through which bankruptcy courts recognize foreign insolvency proceedings. In 2005, the US adopted the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency introduced in 1997 by the UNCITRAL to encourage the treatment of multinational...

Limited Period for Winding up Proceedings during Pendency of a Civil Suit

[Aman Saxena is a practicing advocate at the High Court of Chhattisgarh and a 2018 graduate of the National Law School of India University. The author was one of the counsel retained by the petitioners for this matter] In a judgment delivered by a three-judge bench in Jignesh Shah & Anr. v. Union of India, the Supreme Court laid down the law on the applicability of Article 137 of the...

SEBI’s Denial of Relief to Pledgees in the Karvy Case

We had last month discussed the ex parte ad interim order passed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) wherein the regulator found that Karvy Stock Broking Limited (KSBL) had wrongfully pledged securities belonging to its clients to various lenders in exchange for funds borrowed. Since then, four lenders, (i) Bajaj Finance Limited, (ii) ICICI Bank Limited, (iii) HDFC Bank Limited...

Commitment and Settlement Clause in the Competition Act: The Right Way Ahead?

[Vijayaditya Reddy and Manjri Singh are III year students at NALSAR University of Law] The Government has announced its plan to introduce a ‘commitment and settlement’ clause in the Competition Act, 2002 to allow for a quick resolution of anti-trust cases outside the otherwise lengthy adjudication process. This amendment is likely to take place in the upcoming winter session of Parliament. This...

Front Running and Circumstantial Evidence (Matrimonial Websites Including)

Securities frauds such as insider trading and front running raise insurmountable hurdles for regulators because there is often no evidence, not even a smoking gun. Hence, regulators bear the burden of painstakingly piecing together several bits of circumstantial evidence that, as a whole, might be sufficient to convince a court or tribunal of the elements of a breach of the appropriate...

Amendments to the Portfolio Management Regulations: A Blessing for Retail Investors

[Aditya Bhayal is a 4th Year, B.A.LLB (Hons.) student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad] On 20 November 2019, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) introduced certain amendments to the SEBI (Portfolio Management) Regulations, 1993 (the “Regulations”). In doing so, SEBI considered the recommendations of a working group formed for suggesting changes, and comments received from...

Call for Posts: RMLNLU Arbitration Law Blog

[Announcement on behalf of the RMLNLU Arbitration Law Blog] About the Organizer Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University is a law institute located in Lucknow, India. It is regarded as one of the premier law schools in country. Dr. RMLNLU was established in the year 2005, and since then has been providing undergraduate and post-graduate legal education. It has been ranked among the top law...

Call for Submissions: Trade, Law and Development

[Announcement on behalf of Trade, Law and Development] Founded in 2009, the philosophy of Trade, Law and Development has been to generate and sustain a constructive and democratic debate on emergent issues in international economic law and to serve as a forum for the discussion and distribution of ideas. In keeping with these ideals, the Board of Editors is pleased to announce ‘Trade in Services:...

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