Manoj K Singh The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016, has been enacted to reorganise and provide for the insolvency resolution of corporate persons, partnership firms and individuals in a time bound manner inter alia for maximisation of value of assets. The Corporate Debtors, Operational Creditors, Financial Creditors, Insolvency Professionals and other persons involved in the…
TNN | Dec 13, 2017, 04:00 IST The Chennai bench of the NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal) has dismissed as “withdrawn” the corporate insolvency resolution process against Trivitron Healthcare, a leading medical devices maker, under IBC (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code), following its compromise with RNB Design Arc Systems. RNB initiated insolvency proceedings against Trivitron in…
Almost 5000 companies were reported to the corporate regulator for insolvent trading in 2017 and high cash burn or inadequate cash flow was the main reason for corporate death. Regulator ASICs 2016-2017 insolvency report found administrators reported 4878 cases of insolvent trading. The next two major forms of misconduct were not undertaking director duties carefully…
Chennai: Can insolvency proceedings be initiated against a company for failing to refund the security deposit it took to lease premises? No, says National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). The reason such dues do not fall within the meaning of ‘operational creditor’, who along with financial creditors, can file for insolvency against a company under…
Almost 5000 companies were reported to the corporate regulator for insolvent trading in 2017 and high cash burn or inadequate cash flow was the main reason for corporate death. Regulator ASICs 2016-2017 insolvency report found administrators reported 4878 cases of insolvent trading. The next two major forms of misconduct were not undertaking director duties carefully…
British music tech startup Beatroot has ceased trading. The Manchester-based company was founded in 2015, operating an online platform which enabled record labels and publishers to pull together their music catalogue, audio files, album artwork, metadata and rights data into one place and share these with clients, streaming services and music stores. Steven Wiseglass, of insolvency…
JSW Group chairman Sajjan Jindal on Tuesday questioned the finance ministry on discriminating against clean promoters of NCLT cases by not allowing them to bid for their own assets when promoters of non-NCLT cases are allowed to retain their positions while a resolution plan is being worked out for their companies. “Existing promoters are allowed…
The insolvency laws in India have quite the complicated history to say the least. However, with the advent of the code, there have been unprecedented changes in the landscape of insolvency laws in India, most importantly the inclusion of the concept of ‘corporate insolvency resolution process’ and this is exactly what this article intends to…
As the Indian economy attempted to move from an agrarian economy and adopted economic plan to foster industrialization, major policies of the government, including legislative provisions, were directed to achieve rapid industrialization. With focus on industry and to provide basic legislative support for the development and regulation of industries, the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act…
Hindustan Dorr-Oliver owes banks over Rs1,400 crore, as of March 2017. Mumbai: Eight Capital Group and Centrum Capital Ltd are in a race to pick up a majority stake in Hindustan Dorr-Oliver Ltd (HDO), which is currently facing corporate insolvency proceedings, two people familiar with the development said. Debt-laden IVRCL Ltd, in which banks own…