Articles by Payel Jain

Another money market instrument - short term NCDs

Posted by Payel Jain 30 June 2010 14461 Views

Another money market instrument – short term NCDs Vinod Kothari & Payel Jain Vinod@vinodkothari.com payel@vinodkothari.com In order to regulate and control money market instruments – that is, short term debentures of 3-12 months

Amnesty Schemes introduced by the MCA

Posted by Payel Jain 31 May 2010 11792 Views

The much awaited amnesty scheme has finally been notified by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs whereby companies that have not filed their returns for more than one year can make a one-time settlement by paying some penalty. The Ministry vide General

The Perils of Taking Arbitration clause easy

Posted by Payel Jain 22 May 2010 7326 Views

"Finance Companies Take Note: The Perils of Taking Arbitration Clause Easy" Manoj Kumar Banthia, ACA, ACSThe treatment of arbitration proceedings by finance c

Supreme Court gives green signal to constitution of NCLT

Posted by Payel Jain 14 May 2010 11202 Views

Supreme Court gives green signal to constitution of independent Company Law Tribunal Manoj Kumar Banthia The Supreme Court of India on 11 May 2010, gave a ruling holding as valid the provisions of Companies (Second Amendment) Act 2002 pert

An insight into SEBIs Insider Trading Regulations

Posted by Payel Jain 30 April 2010 9964 Views

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations 1992 requires that a person who is connected with a listed company and is in possession of any unpublished price sensitive information likely to materially affect

Incidence of stamp duty on merger-demerger

Posted by Payel Jain 29 April 2010 79118 Views

Payel JainVinod Kothari & Companypayel@vinodkothari.com Whether an order under section 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 would attract payment of stamp duty was an issue in dispute for a considerable period of time. The Delhi High Court has added t

Decoding the SEBI Takeover Code

Posted by Payel Jain 16 April 2010 18047 Views

Decoding the “Takeover Code” [SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations 1997] By Payel Jain Vinod Kothari & Company Main idea behind the Coding of Takeover Code Some group of individuals commonly referred