Blog Posts
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Call for Submissions: Centre for Insolvency and Bankruptcy Studies Blog
[Announcement on behalf of the Centre for Insolvency and Bankruptcy Studies Blog] The Centre for Insolvency and Bankruptcy Studies Blog welcomes all kinds of submissions in the form of articles, research pieces, opinions, case comments and short notes dealing with any contemporary and pertinent development related to insolvency and bankruptcy laws. Originality All submissions must…
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The Trilemma of Luxury Brands, Selective Distribution and Competition: An Indian Perspective
[Anmol Ratan is a fourth-4th year law student at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru] From high-end haute couture fashion houses of Dior and Chanel to premium automobile brands of Rolls Royce and Porche, it is evident that luxury brands are manifesting their presence in various emerging global markets, and India is no different. With the advent of liberalisation…
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Call for Papers: NALSAR Student Law Review
[Announcement on behalf of the NALSAR Student Law Review] The NALSAR Student Law Review (NLSR) is now accepting submissions for its upcoming Volume XVI. The NSLR is an annual, student-edited, peer-reviewed law journal that is the flagship publication of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India. It is indexed on Hein Online and SCC Online. The…
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Pre-Packaged Insolvency: A Stumbling Block for the MSME Sector
[Gunjan Singh and Umang Chaturvedi are 3rd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) students at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab] The disruption of economic processes and business cycles owing to the pandemic caused a major blow to the functioning of the industrial sector. Additionally, it impacted the entities who had already borrowed money from the…
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Call for Submissions: Scholasticus Vol. 9(2)
[Announcement on behalf of the Centre of Studies in Banking and Finance at National Law University, Jodhpur] Scholasticus (ISSN 0975-1157) is one of the earliest publications by National Law University, Jodhpur established with the objective of promoting academic research and fostering debate in the field of Banking & Finance. The Journal has been re-launched after a…
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Priority and Value of Security Interest Cannot be a Ground for Challenge of Resolution Plan
[Anugya Mukati and Kirti Dhoke are undergraduate students at the National Law Institute University, Bhopal] The Supreme Court of India in a recent judgment in the matter of India Resurgence Arc Private Limited v. Amit Metaliks Limited, held that a Resolution Plan that has been approved under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code ( “the Code”)…
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CCI’s Approach to Conglomerate Mergers: Arguing for a Reconsideration
[Nishant Pande is a law graduate (B.A. LL.B. (Hons.)) from the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad (Class of 2021)] In late 2020, the Competition Commission of India (‘CCI’) expressed its intention to study the ownership patterns of private equity (‘PE’) investors. The CCI’s concern was based on the possibility that minority shareholdings of PE investors…
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Judicial Misinterpretation of Scope of Sanctions in Scheme of Arrangement
[Vasu Aggarwal is a student at National Law School of India University. He is grateful to Prof. Rahul Singh for inspiring him to write on this topic, and thankful to Prof. Rahul Singh and Prof. Umakanth Varottil for their comments on the earlier drafts of this post] This post argues that courts have misinterpreted the…
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Terminating Contracts with the Corporate Debtor during CIRP: Revisiting the Position
[Vaishali Movva is an associate at a law firm and a practicing advocate in Bengaluru] The provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2018 (‘IBC’) and the regulations thereunder mandate that a moratorium be imposed on the assets of the corporate debtor during the corporate insolvency resolution process (‘CIRP’). While the moratorium does not explicitly…
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Call for Papers: NLIU Law Review
[This is an announcement on behalf of the NLIU Law Review] About the Journal The NLIU Law Review is the flagship journal of the National Law Institute University, Bhopal. It is a peer-reviewed academic law journal, published biannually by the students of the University. The Law Review aims to promote a culture of scholarly research…