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The decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of STATE TAX OFFICER (1) v RAINBOW PAPERS LIMITED rendered under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has ruled on...

The primary objective behind the enactment of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 ("NI Act") was to engender binding and authoritative rules of law relating to negotiable instruments...

As has been eulogised in the media over the past few years, the insurance industry in India is one of the most regulated, challenging yet untapped sectors in India, ...

Compulsory convertible debenture (“CCDs”) occupies a unique and increasingly contentious space in corporate law and allied fields of practice. These instruments are structured to start as debentures as was fundamentally contemplated under in the language of Section 71 of the Companies Act 2013 (“Companies Act”) which treats Debentures as ‘debt’.

A firm (for convenience sake called "CD") regularly supplies certain raw materials to a partnership firm (for convenience sake called "QR")

The Reserve Bank of India has issued the Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing and Lending) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2026 on February 16, 2026. It substantially revises the framework governing External Commercial Borrowings.

These measures are in furtherance of the regulators' aim of ensuring transparency in debt security issuances as well as investor protection by addressing information asymmetry prevalent in the current framework for debt security issuances.

Non-Convertible Debentures ("NCDs") are essentially debt instruments which have a specified repayment timeline and which cannot be converted into equity.

On February 13, 2026, the Reserve Bank of India (the "RBI") issued the RBI (Commercial Banks – Credit Facilities) Amendment Directions...

On 10 August 2026, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued a consultation paper titled “Review of provisions related to ISIN for Debt Securities” (Consultation Paper), proposing the following key changes.

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) was amended recently through the Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 promulgated by the President of India.

A Green Bond is a fixed-income debt instrument, like a regular bond, which is specifically earmarked for financing ‘green' projects such as renewable energy projects...

Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) form a critical channel for overseas capital into India’s equity, debt, and increasingly commodity markets

The Canara Bank v. Vivek Kumar (Resolution Professional of AVJ Developers India Pvt. Ltd.)1 is a significant recent ruling that clarifies the status of banks in real estate insolvencies.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) passed an interim order on August 9, 2003, debarring Samir Arora, the chief investment officer of Alliance Asset Management Company in India, from participating in the securities markets.

The resolution of stressed assets has always been a matter of grave concern for India's financial sector.

Recovering an unpaid invoice from an Indian company need not mean years in an ordinary civil suit. Indian law offers several faster routes: insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC), summary procedures in the commercial courts, a statutory regime for micro and small suppliers, and arbitration. Foreign creditors have two further options: executing a judgment from their home court, or enforcing a foreign arbitral award. The right choice turns on three questions. Is the debt genuinely disputed? Where are the debtor’s assets? What does the contract say?

Assignment of debt is one of the most common forms of transactions in financial markets. It essentially entails transfer of a debt from a creditor (assignor) to a third-party (assignee).