The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday placed on its website the Report of the Working Group on State Government Guarantees. A guarantee, in law, is a contract to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in the event of the failure of another primarily liable person. A government…
RBI on Tuesday said that Regulated entities (REs) like Banks/FIs make investments in units of AIFs as part of their regular investment operations. However, it added that certain transactions of REs involving AIFs that raise regulatory concerns have come to their notice. The full form of AIF is the Alternate Investment Fund. AIF means any…
The Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2023-24 – Series II will be open for subscription from December 18, 2023. The Subscription of the Gold Bonds under this Scheme shall be open (Monday to Friday) on the dates specified above, provided that the Central Government may, with prior notice, close the Scheme at any time before the…
The Delhi High Court on Monday in its ruling held that the extended 10-year review period for Income (I-T) assessments should only be applied when the assessee’s alleged undisclosed income exceeds Rs 50 lakh. Responding to a bunch of writ petitions, for the financial years 2015-16 and 2016-17, the bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday permitted banks to open additional current account for exports proceeds in addition to special rupee vostro accounts with a view to provide greater operational flexibility to exporters.In terms of this provision and in order to provide greater operational flexibility to the exporters, AD Category-I banks maintaining Special…
People have doubt whether an unregistered Partnership Firm can also be brought within the purview of Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, and in such cases, whether the Partnership Firm must be made as an accused along with the other partners, in order to maintain a complaint for an offence under Section 138 of…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 31) dismissed a batch of review petitions filed against a 2022 judgment which held that the definition of a secured creditor under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) 2016 included any government or governmental authority and that a resolution plan which ignored dues to the government was liable to…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued directives to Credit Information Companies (CICs) to promptly notify clients through SMS or email whenever banks or Non-banking Financing Companies (NBFCs) access their Credit Information Report (CIR). “This move is aimed at fostering transparency and keeping customers informed about the usage of their credit information” it said.…
Although, there are several cheque bounce reasons to be considered such as incorrect date mentioned on the cheque, signature mismatch, mismatch of the amount and figures, damaged cheque, overwriting of the cheque, etc. The principal reason for a cheque bounce is insufficient funds. If a cheque is dishonoured because of insufficient funds in the payer’s…
The lender’s right to the term “Hypothecation of assets” was not defined anywhere in the statute till the SARFAESI ordinance 2002. Some courts have even compared ‘hypothecation to a mortgage of movables’. Hypothecation occurs when an asset is offered by the borrower to the lender as prime or collateral to secure a loan/credit limit without…