Nirmala Sitharaman moved the bill for the amendment of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 in the Rajya Sabha
The case is among the first high-profile ones after rules were set for personal bankruptcy last year
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code has been in force for four years and provides for a time-bound and market-linked resolution framework for stressed assets
He also reiterated that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) is not a recovery mechanism for lenders, but rather a means to preserve the value of enterprises
The fund will also target companies restructuring under India's bankruptcy regime, the people said
Videocon is undergoing insolvency proceedings at the NCLT with a separate bidding process being undertaken for the Ravva block
A three-member bench has dismissed the plea filed by its director and its shareholder India Power Corporation Ltd observing that the company had committed default
M S Sahoo said that the average life of S&P 500 companies has reportedly reduced from 90 to 18 years over the last century
Uttam Value Steels has an admitted debt of Rs 3,003 crore
The pure play mortgage player is the first non-banking financial company/housing finance company to face a corporate insolvency resolution process
Action against Sanjay Singal comes within days of the Finance Ministry asking banks to invoke personal guarantees in all insolvency cases
Gupta, who worked for Bharti Airtel for 18 years, made the bid for Videocon via Avanti Investments, run by his son, Anubhav Gupta
Says if auction is not possible, the assignment--transferring the rights and obligation of an asset--may be done on arm's length basis by the liquidator
The appellate tribunal also said that any investment cannot be "financial debt"
CEO asked to furnish personal guarantee within four weeks; order alarms professional managers
Ambani had given personal guarantees for the Rs 565 crore and Rs 635 crore SBI loans to RCom and Reliance Infratel (RITL), respectively, in August 2016
The RBI had recently rejected a resolution plan - approved by the National Company Law Tribunal in June - that proposed selling Aircel's assets to UV Asset Reconstruction Company (UVARC)
D Subbarao made a strong case for setting up a bad bank saying it is not just necessary but unavoidable in the present circumstances when NPAs are likely to balloon
Several legal experts plan to highlight the challenges in implementing all three options recommended by the regulator
The former giant of the Indian corporate world is caught on the shoals of a long-drawn insolvency process even as lenders face the prospect of losing most of their money