Answering the question as to whether a person who is unable to demonstrate having an ‘interest’ in the affairs of a company, is entitled to obtain copies of such company’s statutory registers, NCLT has recently held that the term ‘any other person’ in relation to a company should include any person who has a business interest in such company, such as a creditor, investor, banker, customer, etc.

With the announcement of phase-wise abolition of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), and of further liberalization of the FDI policy, it is almost certain that a greater role would be given to the Reserve Bank of India or to the concerned Ministries.

Companies Act, 2013 has been amended by Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. The amendment now defines the term “winding up” as “winding up under this Act or liquidation under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.”

Slump sale is a commonly used method of business acquisition and in order to give effect to the transaction, the parties typically enter into a Business Transfer Agreement (BTA).

Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 covers comprehensively all aspects of transactions or arrangements where the source of funding for acquisition of a benami property has no permissible links to the ownership structure.

Recent Bombay High Court judgement has sparked a debate on the issue of stamp duty payable on the order sanctioning the scheme of amalgamation where the transferor and transferee companies have registered offices in two different States in India.

Taking cognizance of instances where promoters, directors and key managerial personnel (Senior Management) of certain listed entities received rewards from private equity investors, SEBI has issued a Consultative Paper on “Corporate Governance Issues in Compensation Agreements” for public comments.

While E-commerce has touched all forms of business transactions at present, E-wallets or mobile wallets are slowly taking over the traditional system of payments.

Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 has been promulgated with the objective of establishing institutional infrastructure to ensure that the real estate sector functions in an efficient and transparent manner and consumer interests are protected.

Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012, introduced Exception 3 to Section 28 of Indian Contract Act, 1872 as a saving clause for a guarantee agreement of a bank or a financial institution.