Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday introduced Bankruptcy Code Amendment Bill, 2025 to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. The bill has proposed multiple changes to fast-track the insolvency proceedings in the country. The amendments proposed pertain to curbing delays by empowering creditors to initiate insolvency process outside of court in case of genuine…
[SINGAPORE] A total of 466 luxury items and 58 pieces of gold bars from the S$3 billion money laundering case have been handed over by the police to professional services firm Deloitte to manage and liquidate. They include Patek Philippe and Richard Mille watches, multiple diamond-encrusted jewellery, Hermes and Louis Vuitton handbags. The gold bars…
An Australian trucking company has gone into liquidation after almost 60 years in business. DJK Transport entered voluntary liquidation on Friday, after a restructuring practitioner was appointed in June. The business is listed as being based out of Austral in southwestern Sydney, and according to its website, has been a “trusted transport service since 1968”…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in Lok Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Sansad TV/ANI Video Grab) NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday introduced amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), aimed at making the law more effective and speed up the process, while proposing…
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A Christchurch courier company owing more than $1.2 million has gone into liquidation after being placed under the control of the Official Assignee. NJ & MS Holdings Limited, trading as Point to Point, was liquidated by order of the Greymouth High Court on 30 June following an application from the Inland Revenue. The business, based…
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Ecovis’ report said the company was in trouble for several months prior to the liquidators’ appointment, “caused by the current economic environment, high levels of debt, and exacerbated by a complete lack of governance on the part of the director”. Ecovis said attempts to restructure the business failed, “culminating with an alleged misappropriation of a…
A trucking company in operation for more than half a century has collapsed. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Swift An Australian trucking company has gone into liquidation after almost 60 years in business. DJK Transport entered voluntary liquidation on Friday, after a restructuring practitioner was appointed in June. The business is listed as being based…
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday introduced the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha, by including provisions related to group insolvency, cross-border cases, and a creditor-led process to expedite resolution of bankrupt companies. The Bill was later referred to the select committee. The much-awaited changes to the 2016-born Code, is…