Benue community joins global push for fair debt reforms, seeks AI revenue support for Africa devt

From Scholastica Hir Makurdi Residents of Adaka community in Makurdi, Benue State, have intensified calls for reforms in the global debt system, demanding fairer lending conditions for developing countries, debt repayment pauses during pandemic and emergencies, and dedicated funding from Artificial Intelligence (AI) revenues to support development projects across Africa. The call was made during…

NCLAT Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan Retires July 4

Justice Ashok Bhushan has concluded his tenure as the Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal. His leadership influenced major corporate law and insolvency rulings, including key decisions on digital market competition and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. What Happened Justice Ashok Bhushan stepped down as the Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate…

Family-run Scottish haulage firm collapses into liquidation

JKM Transport Solutions Ltd, based in Armadale, appointed administrators on June 29. The news was published in the Edinburgh Gazette on Friday, with Companies House data also confirming the business has filed for insolvency. READ MORE: Protestors block busy Glasgow road after alleged sexual assault in the area George Lafferty, of BTG Begbies Traynor (Central)…

Connecticut bettors lost $2.3B gambling in 2025

People play high-stakes Bingo at Foxwoods Casino in Ledyard, Conn., March 2002. (Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) Portland Press Herald/Getty Images It was a sunny Saturday in 1986 — 40 years ago Sunday — when the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation cut the ribbon on its first bingo hall. The hall would soon welcome busloads…

Failure to Deliver Possession Within Promised Timeline Constitutes Financial Default: NCLT Admits Project Specific CIRP [Read Order]

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) New Delhi Bench admitted a Section 7 application filed by homebuyers after finding that the developer’s failure to hand over possession within the promised timeline constituted a financial default warranting initiation of the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP). The petition was filed by 176 allottees of a real estate…