Strengthening Diligence for a Secure Mortgage Lending

Strengthening Diligence for a Secure Mortgage LendingINTRODUCTION India’s booming real estate market has fueled significant growth in real estate financing, with mortgages on immovable property becoming a preferred and most common form of collateral for both retail and corporate borrowers. Recognizing inherent property risks, lenders conduct a legal due diligence, often through external counsel, who

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CGPDTM to Fund Law Students Participating in any International IP Moot Court Competitions: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal

Image from here In a major, and very interesting development for law students, the Commerce and Industry Minister Mr. Piyush Goyal announced that the CGPDTM will sponsor Indian law students selected for any IP moot court competition “anywhere in the world”. This announcement was made yesterday in the inaugural ceremony of Vidhi Pragati: National IP

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Redefining Oversight: SEBI’s Crackdown on ODIs and the Pursuit of Financial Transparency

[Kashvi is a second-year law student at National Law University Odisha and Divyansh a third-year law student National Law School of India] Offshore derivative instruments (ODIs) have been a point of contention in India’s regulatory landscape for over 15 years. These instruments allow foreign investors to trade Indian securities without the need for registration with

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NCLT To Intervene In Escrow Impasse Between IndusInd International And Reliance Capital

NCLT To Intervene In Escrow Impasse Between IndusInd International And Reliance Capital Strap – It concerns the unwinding mechanism during litigation IndusInd International Holdings Ltd (IIHL) has filed an interlocutory application with the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). It sought help on the impasse over escrow agreements between the Anil Ambani-promoted

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NCLAT Judicial Member Recuses From Byju’s Case

NCLAT Judicial Member Recuses from Byju’s CaseJustice (retd) Sharad Kumar Sharma, a judicial member of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) Chennai bench, recused himself on Thursday from hearing Riju Raveendran’s appeal against the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) order. The NCLT had allowed Glas Trust and Aditya Birla Finance to be included in

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CBIC Chairman Says Part Shifting Customs Duty To Agriculture Infra Will Have Minor Effect On States

CBIC Chairman Says Part Shifting Customs Duty To Agriculture Infra Will Have Minor Effect On States Strap – In the Union Budget 2025, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had removed seven tariffs Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) and Special Secretary to the Government of India, has stated

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