Changes to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code to be prospective, says Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas – Firstpost

New Delhi: With a high-level panel suggesting a slew of changes to the insolvency law, Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas said on Wednesday that the amendments, as and when implemented, would be prospective in nature. However, he indicated that revised bids which are submitted under the insolvency resolution process after the amendments are in force…

Letters: phoenix builders, company tax and Kim Beazley – The Australian Financial Review

by Letters editor Subcontractors need wage protection Almost on cue, another prominent builder goes bust a week before the Easter break, leaving hundreds of unsuspecting subcontractors owed millions and with little or no prospect of recovering even a small proportion of the monies owed to them (“Just the beginning: more builders face collapse, subbies say”,…

Insolvency may suspend many rights but not the minority’s right to disclosures – Livemint

Sebis proposals will plug several of the disclosure gaps that exist in the current insolvency process pertaining to listed companies. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint The lot of minority shareholders of companies undergoing insolvency proceedings is a sorry one. The popular narrative might be one where the promoters (who are also the management) have mismanaged affairs or…

JSW Steel Buys 26% In Numetal’s India Arm To Facilitate Essar Steel Bid – BloombergQuint

JSW Steel Ltd. has acquired a 26 percent stake in the India arm of Numetal Mauritius to facilitate its joint bid for Essar Steel Ltd., currently undergoing insolvency resolution. While the Mauritius-based holding company is the resolution applicant for Essar Steel, the resolution plan will be implemented through the India entity Nu Metal & Steel…

IBC Committee Report: Home buyers as financial creditors, voting threshold at 66% and more – Bar & Bench

The 14-member Insolvency Law Reforms Committee, which was established in December, 2017 has come out with a 106-page report recommending amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC). The Committee was chaired by Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) Chairman, Injeti Srinivas with members from the legal fraternity as well, including Shardul Shroff of Shardul Amarchand…

How Educomp May Have Subverted the Spirit of India’s Insolvency and Bankruptcy Process – The Wire

New Delhi: Are the Narendra Modi governments attempts at cleaning up Indias bad loans crisis specifically the new bankruptcy law for the resolution of unpaid bank loans by companies being gamed by promoters who might be using these new mechanisms to escape their repayment obligations? Consider the case of Educomp Solutions (ESL), which was once…