Month: March 2021

Poor recovery

Is there a need for basic guidelines on fixing insolvency professionals’ fee?

The subjective nature of regulations governing the fee charged by insolvency professionals (IPs) often leads to undue scrutiny of IPs,...

Sterling Biotech Fraud

ED files case against Era Infra CMD in a Rs-251 crore fund diversion case

Promoters of another company undergoing corporate insolvency resolution process have been found to be involved in diversion of bank loan....

KS Oil Liquidation

NCLAT orders liquidation of KS Oils as NCLT ‘ignores’ creditors’ repeated petitions

In a scathing commentary on the failure of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to perform its role, the National...

Gujarat NRE Coke promoter barred by SC

SC dashes Gujarat NRE Coke promoter’s hope; bars him from proposing scheme of compromise during liquidation

The Supreme Court has dashed all hopes of Arun Kumar Jagatramka, the former promoter of Gujarat NRE Coke, of getting...

IL&FS Engineering and Construction

SC paves way for Rekha Jhunjhunwala-led consortium to acquire Ricoh India

The Supreme Court of India has reinstated the resolution application submitted by the consortium of Kalpraj Dharamshi and Rekha Jhunjhunwala for Ricoh India. The...

UK extends ban on business evictions by three months

UK govt extends ban on commercial evictions of businesses by three months

The UK government has extended the ban on commercial evictions of business owners -- many of whom have had to...

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in US

US bankruptcy commercial filings decline 45% in Feb; Chapter 11 filings drop 23%

Total US bankruptcy commercial filings in February 2021 decreased 45% over the same period last year, according to data provided...

Distress in EPC companies

“Liquidation of EPC companies yields catastrophic outcomes”

India cannot achieve its infrastructure ambitions if hundreds of EPC companies languish in insolvency. A virtual session on ‘Distressed Debt in...

Landmark Judgements

SC excludes one year to 14 March ’21 for computing limitation period

The Supreme Court has ordered exclusion of period from 15 March 2020 to 14 March 2021 for computing limitation period...