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NLS Business Law Review: Call for Submissions
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”;} [The following announcement is posted on behalf of the NLS Business Law Review] The NLS Business Law Review is an initiative by the National…
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SEBI’s order levying record penalty – some concerns
SEBI has recently levied the highest penalty in its history of Rs. 7269 crores on PACL. It has made findings of serious violations of law and hence the maximum of penalty may be justified. However, there are some issues that are of concern. The facts of the case may be quickly summarised here. PACL, as…
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Breach of Representations and Warranties in M&A: A Buyer’s Guide
[The following guest post is contributed by Goda A. Raghavan and Kirthi Srinivas G, who are advocates with HSB Partners, Chennai and can be contacted at goda@hsbpartners.com and kirthi@hsbpartners.com respectively. Views are personal and do not represent the views of the firm.] Purchase price in a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transaction is normally fixed after…
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Nature of Consideration in a Scheme of Arrangement
[The following guest post is contributed by Rushab Dhandokia, who is an associate at a reputed law firm. Views are personal] Background The Bombay High Court in re Thomas Cook Insurance Services (India) Limited[1] has dealt with a very interesting question within the domain of Mergers & Acquisitions (“M&A”). The case refers to the sanction of…
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International Criminal Court Moot: India National Rounds 2016
[The following announcement is posted on behalf of the Moot Court Committee, National Law University Delhi] National Law University Delhi (NLU Delhi) has been officially selected by ICC Hague and Leiden University for organizing the 2016 India Qualifying National Rounds of the International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition. The National Rounds are tentatively scheduled to…
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The Differential Dividend Story
[The following guest post is contributed by Siddharth Raja, Founding Partner of Samvad Partners. Views are personal.] A previous post on this Blog raises some interesting questions – although this author believes that analysis is both incomplete and, indeed, not purely academic. While the above blog post only addressed one aspect of the issue, the larger…
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RBI Introduces Rupee-Denominated Bonds Regime
[The following guest post is contributed by Vinod Kothari of Vinod Kothari & Co.] Continuing with some other recent moves to liberalise the options of raising debt from external sector, the Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) on 29 September, 2015 announced new guidelines (the “Guidelines”) for issuance of rupee-denominated bonds (“RDBs”) overseas. The Guidelines are much more liberalised compared…
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RBI Circular on Payment Gateways
[The following guest post is contributed by Jitendra Soni, who is an associate at AZB & Partners in Noida. Views are personal] The Reserve Bank of India (“RBI“) has recently issued a fresh circular in an attempt to facilitate cross-border e-commerce transactions, which can be accessed here (“Circular”). Prior to this Circular, the authorized banks…
