Month: January 2021

Maharashtra Real Estate projects

Homebuyers’ fate hangs in balance as no bidders show interest in HDIL

Thousand of homebuyers’ fate hangs in balance as Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL), the Mumbai-based infrastructure company, has not...

Banks' exposure to NBFCs

RBI report suggests gross NPAs of banks may double to 14.8% by Sept 2021

Macroeconomic stress test by the Reserve Bank of India (EBI) suggests that the Scheduled Commercial Banks’ Gross NPAs may increase...

hiring professionals

Insolvency professionals should be given enough free hand for engagement of professionals: IP body

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) in December 2020 has sought suggestions from stakeholders on the issue of...

Chapter 11 bankruptcy

US Bankruptcy filings drop 30% in 2020 as govt stimulus supports distressed business, individuals

Total US bankruptcy filings in 2020 dropped 30% as the government and lenders offered stabilization measures in response to the...

Role of a Resolution Professional

Resolution professionals have a limited yet crucial role in pre-pack scheme

The role of a resolution professional (RP) in the new pre-pack scheme has been limited to that of an overseer...

Plugging the loopholes of pre-packs

Pitfalls of pre-packs: How the Insolvency panel tried to address these concerns

While designing the pre-packs framework, the sub-committee of the Insolvency Law Committee had kept in mind the concerns/lacunae of the...

Bank fraud by by HDIL

CBI files Rs 4,700 crore bank fraud case against under-liquidation infra firm Coastal Projects

Promoters of another company, which had undergone corporate insolvency resolution process, have been found committing bank frauds. The Central Bureau...

Meeting with heads of ARCs

New pre-pack framework allows promoters to keep control of CD; stipulates a shorter timeline

And the much-awaited pre-pack scheme is here. The government-constituted sub-committee of Insolvency Law Committee has finally drafted the pre-pack framework,...

Garden Silk Mills

In first resolution of 2021, MCPI Pvt Ltd takes over the reins of Surat-based Garden Silk Mills

The year 2021 saw its first resolution under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), when the Ahmedbad bench of the...

BTVI was owned by Anil Ambani

Another Anil Ambani firm faces insolvency; NCLT admits IBC petition against Business Broadcast News

New service agency -- Cogencis Information Services – has initiated insolvency proceedings against Business Broadcast News Private Limited, the erstwhile...