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US Court Rules on the AIG Rescue
During the global financial crisis that was triggered by subprime mortgages, the US Government engaged in rescuing several banks and financial companies. Through nationalization, the Government even acquired ownership and control over several of them.[1] One such was AIG. In that case however, a large shareholder of AIG mounted a legal challenge to the terms…
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Personal Liberty vs. Public (Financial) Interest
In the prolonging Sahara saga, following a contempt action initiated by SEBI last year the Supreme Court ordered judicial custody for Mr. Subrata Roy Sahara and certain other individuals. This is on account of their failure to comply with a previous judgment of the Supreme Court that orders two Sahara companies to repay monies to…
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Bombay High Court on Enforcing Articles and Board Nomination Rights
The last few years have witnessed a dispute between two families that relate to the right to nominate directors to the board of Yes Bank. Earlier this week, the Bombay High Court issued its judgment in Madhu Kapur & Ors. v. Rana Kapoor & Ors., which seeks to resolve the dispute – at least temporarily…
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Lack of Regulatory Clarity on Foreign Investment in the Insurance Sector
[The following guest post is contributed by Nivedita Shankar, Senior Associate, Corporate Law Division, Vinod Kothari & Company. The author may be reached at nivedita@vinodkothari.com]. An increase in the threshold limit for foreign investment in insurance companies has been hailed as a major thrust for the insurance sector, which has seen very few players. In…
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Negotiable Instruments Amendment Ordinance Promulgated
In May, the Government proposed the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015 with a view to amending the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1882 (the “NI Act”). This was necessary due to jurisdictional issues pertaining to cases brought under section 138 of the NI Act for dishonour of cheques. The background and rationale for the amendment has been…
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DIPP Clarification on NRI Investments
[The following guest post is contributed by Dipanjali Nagpal of Vinod Kothari & Co. The author may be contacted at corplaw@vinodkothari.com. This post follows upon an earlier more brief post on the topic.] The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India reviewed the Consolidated Foreign Direct Investment…
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Duty of a Crowdfund Campaigner towards Contributors
[The following post is contributed by Nikunj Agarwal, a 3rd year, B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at RML National Law University, and Arjun Agarwal, a 2nd year, B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) at W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences. They may be contacted at nikunj.rmlnlu@gmail.com. This post discusses the first legal proceeding by the Federal Trade Commission of…
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RBI Proposal on Rupee Linked Bonds
In the past, rupee denominated bond issuances have essentially been available to multilateral institutions, of which the International Finance Corporation (IFC) had availed of them. Now, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a draft framework, which allows Indian companies as well to tap this avenue for raising debt. Indian corporates that are eligible…
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The Applicability of Minimum Alternate Tax to Foreign Investors
[The following guest post is contributed by Abhik Chakraborty, who is a 4th year student at NUJS, Kolkata] The Supreme Court in Ajanta Pharma Ltd. V. Commissioner of Income Tax-9, Mumbai [1] has clarified that the intent with which the provision related to minimum alternate tax (MAT)[2] was inserted in 1996 was to ensure that…
