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DE-CRYPTING RBI GUIDELINES TO REGULATE PAYMENT AGGREGATORS

Jun 14, 2020
6 min

DE-CRYPTING RBI GUIDELINES TO REGULATE PAYMENT AGGREGATORS

This post has been authored by Ayush Mehta, a B.A. LL.B (Hons.) candidate at the National Law University, Jodhpur. Introduction The Reserve Bank of India [“RBI”] issued guidelines to regulate Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways, which came into effect from April 1, 2020.[i] Payment aggregators and gateways are intermediaries between the merchants and the customers. The Circular is aimed to regulate the activities of the intermediaries and provide baseline technology reco

REVISITING INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS: ASSESSING IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE M&A LANDSCAPE

Jun 10, 2020
9 min

REVISITING INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS: ASSESSING IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE M&A LANDSCAPE

This post has been authored by Gunjan Garg, a B.A.LL.B (Hons.) candidate at the National Law Institute University, Bhopal. Backdrop The COVID-19 pandemic has overturned the face of not just global economy and businesses, but also M&A landscape and future deal-making.[i] The pandemic has compelled us to revisit all ongoing contracts including but not limited to employment contracts, tenancy agreements, EPC contracts, supply agreements, etc. Another such set of agreements being

RAISING OF IBC THRESHOLD AMID COVID-19: ‘EFFECTIVE’ OR ‘AFFECTIVE’?

Jun 7, 2020
9 min

RAISING OF IBC THRESHOLD AMID COVID-19: ‘EFFECTIVE’ OR ‘AFFECTIVE’?

This post has been authored by Kartikey Sanjeev Bhalotia and Arshit Kapoor, B.B.A. LL.B (Hons.) candidates at the National Law University, Odisha. Introduction The Government of India (‘the Government’) enacted the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (‘the Code’) on 26 May 2016, with the primary objectives of insolvency resolution of corporate persons; maximization of the value of assets and balancing the interests of all the stakeholders.[i] Since its inception, the Code has witn

IMPORTANCE OF DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS VIS-À-VIS INVESTOR’S PROTECTION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Jun 4, 2020
6 min

IMPORTANCE OF DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS VIS-À-VIS INVESTOR’S PROTECTION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

This post has been authored by Anurag Shah, a B.B.A. LL.B candidate at the School of Law, Christ (deemed to be University). Introduction Any financial market can only gain the trust of investors by decreasing the information asymmetry between the investors and the market. Even though free-market proponents argue that most of the time the market discipline ensures that the players in the market provide information to the investors, more often than not it is the regulators who