A bench led by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana observed on Tuesday that the Supreme Court's interpretation of Section 8(4) of the anti-money laundering law in an earlier order has left much scope for arbitrary application.
The Bombay High Court on Monday quashed a first information report filed by a hotelier and subsequent investigation by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police against ICICI Bank, some of its senior executives and JM Financial Asset...
The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), calling it a “unique and special legislation” and underlining the powers of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to hold inquiries, arrest...
A special investigation team (SIT) of Mumbai police has found no merit in the allegations of extortion and cheating
Maharashtra Political Crisis | Zulfiquar Memon, Advocate explains what can be possible outcomes as Shiv Sena moves to Supreme court against governor's call for floor test.
Mumbai-based Abhijit Joshi, Managing Partner of Veritas Legal, doubled his office capacity in the Fort area to almost 11,000 square feet, compared to pre-pandemic levels, and more is not ruled out. "Office spaces will need to be reimagined to create experiences as lawyers...
MUMBAI: The economic offences wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police has registered an offence of cheating and misappropriation ..
Despite the drain on security agencies and criminal waste of time at airports railway stations, and other public places that stay frozen till the perceived threat is junked, there have been few convictions of such fake callers, most of whom are...
Mumbai: In a first of its kind crackdown, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) raided a party on a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai on Saturday night. The NCB arrested Shah Rukh Khan's 23-year-old son Aryan Khan and three...
The money at stake was ₹8,400 crore — comprising ₹2,400 crore tax demand and ₹6,000 crore penalty — computed from peak balances in multiple offshore accounts of MNC banks like HSBC, Credit Suisse and Barclays. The funds belong to an...
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The conflict between Twitter Inc. and the Government of India escalated a level higher as the Centre issued ‘one last notice’ over the compliance of social media rules. This move came in as a new development from the Centre, following...
Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya’s long-running saga with the country’s banks over unpaid loans may finally be coming to an end.https://www.forbes.com/sites/meghabahree/2021/06/28/vijay-mallya-king-of-good-times-india-pays-off-billion-debts-fights-to-extradite/?sh=57ee951b290a
The narrow margin of vote share between the Suraksha group and NBCC, in the debt resolution of Jaypee Infratech, could trigger a demand for a revote by the latter. Suraksha group’s bid was selected by the Committee of Creditors (CoC)...
Confusion over three Mauritius-based funds that whipsawed shares of companies controlled by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani this week has underscored a deeper risk for investors in such stocks owned by opaque entities.
The whole issue (about Mehul Choksi) is sub-judice now. Now, that Barbara is an accused. So, probably she wants to come up with a story that suits her. We will have to wait and see the other side of the...
The conflict between Twitter Inc. and the Government of India escalated a level higher as the Centre issued ‘one last notice’ over the compliance of social media rules. This move came in as a new development from the Centre, following...
This is the second edition of Street Smart, The Morning Context’s weekly newsletter on everything that impacts corporate India. Every Thursday, Street Smart will bring you an original, reported or analytical take on issues that have the potential to shake...
Mumbai: India’s Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), which probes white-collar crimes, has engaged forensic auditors Chokshi & Chokshi, and officials seconded by PwC to look into the accounts, transaction patterns, and foreign exchange derivative deals of Winsome group — one...
The resolution of the scam-hit DHFL has taken a new twist with the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) asking the committee of creditors to consider the offer made by the company’s former Chairman & Managing Director, Kapil Wadhawan, within the...
Bill and Melinda Gates are headed for a divorce after being married for 27 years. But separations are not just limited to the wealthier class. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic has also added to the stress. Whatever be...
Firms may be able to take back control of their companies if the debt resolution process fails to find new owners
A salaried borrower can seek initiation of insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings on outstanding debts in the event of her inability to repay loans
LONDON, April 16 (Reuters) - Britain has approved the extradition of fugitive Indian diamond tycoon Nirav Modi, a Home Office spokesman said on Friday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has approved the extradition of fugitive Indian diamond tycoon Nirav Modi, a Home Office spokesman said on Friday.
As per the Ordinance which has introduced Chapter III A calls for a prior registration under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act for a corporate debtor to be eligible for pre-packaged insolvency resolution process.
The government plans to come up with a new pre-packed insolvency process for micro, small and medium enterprises that are facing huge financial stress caused by Covid.
CoC will refund ₹19,350 crore to JSW if the ED plea to attach Bhushan Power assets is upheld by SC
It is not known if Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran is one to celebrate work anniversaries. But the news around various Tata companies as it nears February 21, which marks the four years since he took over the all-important corner office...
Media giant Times Group on February 14 said it has sent a legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), alleging the TV rating agency "deliberately reduced" its English news channel's viewership at the behest of a rival launched in...
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has ruled that rehabilitation components of redevelopment projects involving Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) colonies will not attract premium on areas such as staircase, car parks, fire escape, lobby and lift rooms.
Media giant Times Group on Sunday said it has sent a legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), alleging the TV rating agency "deliberately reduced" its English news channel's viewership at the behest of a rival launched in 2017 and demanded compensation of...
New Delhi: Times Group has sent a legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), alleging the TV rating agency "deliberately reduced" its English news channel's (Times Now) viewership at the behest of a rival launched in 2017 MZM Legal...
Bennett Coleman & Company Ltd has issued a legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, alleging “Illegal and fraudulent viewership data manipulation and tampering of Television Rating Points at the Broadcast Audience Research Council”, and has demanded INR...
Times Network has issued a legal notice to the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) for illegal and fraudulent viewership manipulation and tampering of Television Audience Measurement and Television Rating Points (TRP), particularly of its English news channel Times Now by...
Media giant Times Group on Sunday said it has sent a legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), alleging the TV rating agency "deliberately reduced" its English news channel's viewership at the behest of a rival launched in 2017
Media giant Times Group on Sunday said it has sent a legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), alleging the TV rating agency "deliberately reduced" its English news channel's viewership at the behest of a rival launched in 2017...
Mumbai, Feb 14 (PTI) Media giant Times Group on Sunday said it has sent a legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), alleging the TV rating agency "deliberately reduced" its English news channel's viewership at the behest of a...
Mumbai, Feb 14 (PTI) Media giant Times Group on Sunday said it has sent a legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), alleging the TV rating agency "deliberately reduced" its English news channel's viewership at the behest of a rival...
Bennett Coleman & Company Ltd. (BCCL), the owners of Times Network has sent a legal notice to the Television Audience Measurement Agency, BARC India demanding a cumulative damages of Rs 431 crore against loss of revenue. The notice from Broadcaster...
Media giant Times Group on Sunday said it has sent a legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), alleging the TV rating agency “deliberately reduced” its English news channel’s viewership at the behest of a rival launched in 2017...
Mumbai: Media giant Times Group on Sunday said it has sent a legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), alleging the TV rating agency "deliberately reduced" its English news channel's viewership at the behest of a rival launched in 2017,...
Mumbai: Media giant Times Group on Sunday said it has sent a legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), alleging the TV rating agency “deliberately reduced” its English news channel’s viewership at the behest of a rival launched in...
Mumbai: Media giant Times Group on Sunday said it has sent a legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), alleging the TV rating agency “deliberately reduced” its English news channel’s viewership at the behest of a rival launched in...
MUMBAI: Media giant Times Group on Sunday said it has sent a legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), alleging the TV rating agency "deliberately reduced" its English news channel's viewership at the behest of a rival launched in 2017...
Mumbai: Bennett Coleman & Company Ltd. (BCCL), the owners of Times Network had sent a legal notice to the Television Audience Measurement Agency, BARC India demanding a cumulative damages of Rs 431 crore against loss of revenue. The notice from...
Zulfiquar Memon is the founder and managing partner of India’s MZM Legal. He heads the global disputes and white-collar crime practice. Over the years he has assisted international lawyers and law firms in cross border matters involving England, U.S., UAE...
New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman made a great effort to pull all strings together in this budget and ensure economic setback to put lives and livelihoods back to the track. There has been greater spending...
New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman made a great effort to pull all strings together in this budget and ensure economic setback to put lives and livelihoods back to the track. There has been greater spending on health...
With the moratorium on filing fresh insolvency coming to an end this March, the government is working on a pre-packaged insolvency resolution (PPIR) process for Covid-hit India Inc and to give banks a breather.
With the government not extending indemnity to Covid-19 vaccine makers, there has been some disquiet among companies about the potential litigation that may arise due to unforeseen complications from Covid-19 vaccines.
MUMBAI: The pandemic rewrote so many rules, it was inevitable it would do the same for the usual bitter battle of separated spouses. Before the world knew Covid, an ex-partner of a wealthy person wouldn’t budge from a Rs 100 crore...
As the Tata and Shapoorji Pallonji groups await the final SC verdict on December 8 on their proposed separation, a look at the fraught decades-old partnership.
The saga of retail equity investors drawing a blank in the regulatory actions and insolvency cases continues with Uttam Value Steels being the latest to join the infamous list.
The proposed National Data Centre (DC) policy aimed at simplifying existing rules, and giving it “infrastructure” status could see big ticket investments in this space.
New Delhi: The victory of Joe Biden in the US presidential election could pave the way for some relief for Indian students and the education community.
The government had put its best foot forward in January this year, when it restarted the divestment process for its troubled carrier Air India. Unlike the failed attempt in 2018, when it wanted to retain some ownership in the airline, the...
MUMBAI/DUBAI, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Indian entrepreneur BR Shetty has filed a complaint with federal investigative agencies in India seeking a probe into two former top executives of his companies and two Indian banks related to a multibillion dollar financial...
MUMBAI: Embattled billionaire B.R. Shetty has accused Bank of Baroda and Federal Bank of colluding with former executives from the Shetty group of companies who allegedly embezzled funds.
The Aircraft (Amendment) Bill 2020, passed by Rajya Sabha on September 15, aims to give the much-needed teeth to some of the government agencies and, thereby. ensure safety in aviation operations, something that has come under spotlight because of the...
New Delhi: UAE-based businessman BR Shetty has sought an investigation by central Indian agencies into what he termed a $6 billion fraud committed by former top executives of his companies in connivance with "unscrupulous" bankers.
This is the second time within a month when Netflix is embroiled in a legal tussle after a movie on the life of Indian Air Force (IAF) female pilot Gunjan Saxena, which the Centre has challenged saying it shows Indian...
Can lenders call for fresh bids for a stressed asset after announcing the top buyer in the previous round of bidding under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code? This will be the key question for the National Company Law Tribunal in...
New Delhi : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) plans to close its case against Italian marines for killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast in 2012, two officials familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) plans to close its case against Italian marines for killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast in 2012, two officials familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
MUMBAI/KOLKATA: Even before Hindustan Unilever’s (HUL’s) rebranded ‘Glow & Lovely’ (erstwhile Fair & Lovely) could hit stores, its newly christened men’s range ‘Glow & Handsome’ may have hit a trademark hurdle, with rival Emami claiming it has already launched ‘Emami...
Instances of payment frauds have been increasing over the last three months in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Fraudsters have been using various techniques to defraud customers via digital payments platforms for months now and complaints of such instances...
When Mumbai-based Indresh Solanki, 48, a disciplined investor with no borrowing history, stood as a guarantor for a loan taken by his cousin’s son, Mayur, in 2016, little did he know that one day bankers would come knocking at his...
Twenty Indian soldiers were killed in fighting at a disputed border site in the Himalayan Galwan Valley, prompting a swift and theatrical backlash on India’s streets.
The government of India has been taking various steps to relieve the economic stress of the businesses caused due to the novel coronavirus, by relaxation of laws. Recently, the Ministry of Finance has proposed an amendment of 19 Acts to...
Indian agencies and legal experts could only speculate about the nature of the issue that has cropped up-- from coronavirus infections in the Mumbai prison where he is to be held on his return to the possibility that he has...
Swati Mulay, 67, from Pune, Mahrashtra; 43-year-old Sai Pramod G.N. from Bengaluru, Karnataka; 44-year-old Atul Gupta from Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh; 37-year-old Sanjay Jangid from Bhiwadi, Rajasthan; and 47-year-old Bimalendu Pradhan from Bhubaneswar, Odisha live in five different states but...
Queuing up at his local store for grocery worried Naman Jain. With coronavirus cases rising, it was too much of a risk for the resident of the Mumbai suburb of Thane. A friend then introduced Jain to JioMart, the ecommerce venture...
Recently, a group of steel traders approached the Mumbai High Court, seeking relief from a contract. They had sourced steel from a South Korean steelmaker. But even before the steel reached Indian shores, COVID-19 had struck.
Faced with increasing prospects of an extended lockdown that will restrict flying, airlines in India have reached out to aircraft lessors for a rental holiday. But the lessors are playing a hard bargain, and haven't yet agreed on the demands. Instead, they...
MUMBAI: A high-profile legal battle that will impact the future of thousands of wealthy Indians linked to foreign assets has entered a crucial phase with arguments beginning at the Bombay High Court last week. Whichever way the court rules, the...
In a bid to improve India’s record in securing cooperation from foreign jurisdictions, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) has asked all investigation agencies to adhere to international agreements and laws, avoid trivial queries, not be vague, check “dual criminality”,...
MUMBAI: An independent director who serves on the board of a major insurance company and a bank recently received an offer to join the board of one of India’s largest infrastructure companies. He rejected it, after taking opinion from a...
MUMBAI: An arbitral tribunal has awarded Rs 54 crore to Punj Lloyd in a dispute with state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corp. The award will likely help increase the attractiveness of the construction firm for financiers looking to fund litigations...
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate has moved court seeking the arrest of former Airbus India chief Kiran Rao under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
On Monday, the division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Bharati Dangre, in an oral order allowed the petition filed by Ratan Tata and other board members of the Tata Sons. In March, this year, Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus,...
MUMBAI: Former Airbus India president Kiran Rao, under investigation over money laundering charges, has invoked the French Blocking Statute, which prevents companies based there from sharing sensitive details with other countries, said people with knowledge of the matter.
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate Wednesday carried out fresh searches in Mumbai in connection with its money laundering probe in the multi-crore IL&FS payment default crisis, officials said. The residences and offices of at least four directors of the firm...
Mumbai: The ongoing insolvency proceedings are no bar for an Indian company to fight a legal battle overseas. An International Chamber of Commerce Arbitral Tribunal has ordered continuance of an arbitration case initiated by Punj Lloyd against a state-owned Libyan...
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has restrained Shahzaad Siraj Dalal – the man who took IL&FS overseas and led its ambitious private equity initiative – from selling his property in South Mumbai’s Babulnath area.
MUMBAI: In a reprieve to R Venkataramanan, managing trustee of Tata Trusts, the Bombay High Court has set aside the process issued against him by a metropolitan magistrate’s court in a defamation complaint filed by Shapoorji Pallonji Group.
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