Corporate Amicus

Corporate Amicus covers major developments in the domain of Corporate Law. It includes article(s), statutory updates and news relating to mergers & acquisitions, private equity, real estate, anti-trust and competition law, arbitration, sports law, FEMA, infrastructure and project finance, and general corporate and commercial law. Orders passed by quasi-judicial authorities like National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), NCLAT, Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), Electricity Appellate Tribunal and other authorities and courts are also covered in this e-newsletter.

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Corporate Amicus: December 2017
Recent Ordinances issued by the Government of Telangana, amending certain provisions of the Telangana State Gaming Act, 1974, have dealt a bad hand to the players and organisers of Online Rummy, resulting in their casting away their cards abruptly.
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Corporate Amicus: November 2017
Foreign Direct Investment upto 100 percent is allowed in single brand retail trade sector.
Read More 01 Nov 2017
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Corporate Amicus: October 2017
The Apex Court has recently passed a judgment, for the first time, interpreting the scheme of IBC along with certain key provisions, that goes on to establish the efficacy of IBC while upholding the reasons for which the said law was introduced.
Read More 01 Oct 2017
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Corporate Amicus: September 2017
Considering the pressing need to replace the labour law related legislations with laws which reflect India’s real story today, the government in its annual budget presentation this year announced merging of 44 labour laws into 4 codes on (i) wages; (ii) industrial relations; (iii) social security and welfare; and (iv) safety and working conditions.
Read More 01 Sept 2017
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Corporate Amicus: August 2017
The complexity surrounding transactions in mergers and acquisitions can never be under-estimated. Such transactions undergo a prodigious milieu, which involves discussions, proposals, negotiations and most importantly, regulatory approvals.
Read More 01 Aug 2017
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Corporate Amicus: July 2017
Various benches of NCLT have been pronouncing conflicting orders giving rise to inconsistency in interpretation of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) provisions.
Read More 01 Jul 2017
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Corporate Amicus: June 2017
Public offer in relation to acquisition of shares and takeover of public companies in India is governed by a self-contained code enshrined in the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011.
Read More 01 Jun 2017
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Corporate Amicus: May 2017
With the announcement of phase-wise abolition of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), and of further liberalization of the FDI policy, it is almost certain that a greater role would be given to the Reserve Bank of India or to the concerned Ministries.
Read More 01 May 2017
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Corporate Amicus: April 2017
Answering the question as to whether a person who is unable to demonstrate having an ‘interest’ in the affairs of a company, is entitled to obtain copies of such company’s statutory registers, NCLT has recently held that the term ‘any other person’ in relation to a company should include any person who has a business interest in such company, such as a creditor, investor, banker, customer, etc.
Read More 01 Apr 2017
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Corporate Amicus: March 2017
Companies Act, 2013 has been amended by Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. The amendment now defines the term “winding up” as “winding up under this Act or liquidation under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.”
Read More 01 Mar 2017
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Corporate Amicus: February 2017
Slump sale is a commonly used method of business acquisition and in order to give effect to the transaction, the parties typically enter into a Business Transfer Agreement (BTA).
Read More 01 Feb 2017
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Corporate Amicus: January 2017
Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 covers comprehensively all aspects of transactions or arrangements where the source of funding for acquisition of a benami property has no permissible links to the ownership structure.
Read More 01 Jan 2017