Time to reform will be after behavioural changes
Legal loopholes in bankruptcy process exposed
Banks to get back around Rs 1,146 bn against Rs 2,564 bn debt
Steel sector has led the space with almost 55% of the total value of distressed asset deals
The mergers and acquisitions and Private Equity transactions during the quarter ended September have seen a growth in terms of both value and volume
The borrowing and lending culture in the country appears to have changed for good
The group's promoters, being probed for bank loan fraud, are absconding
Unlike in Europe and Asia where most stressed assets are in the real estate space, in India it is in good quality operating assets across growth sectors, such as steel, cement, pharma, says Nalavadi
Better credit metrics, zero default help large companies in buyouts
Now I don't see what the need for this Sashakt was when you have the RBI Circular of the 12th of February, 2018 and when we have the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, says Ramesh
Opposing the bill, D Raja (CPI) said that frequent changes to the law is being done to help defaulters and the government wants to bail out the defaulters
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2018 was introduced by interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal and seeks to replace an ordinance brought by the government earlier this year
The first list of 12 large corporate defaulters owe banks around Rs 2.7 trn of which only Rs 1.28 trn is estimated to be recoverable, according to research and rating agency CLSA
The IBC process has so far seen successful resolution of Bhushan Steel, taken over by Tata Steel and Electrosteel Steels which Vedanta bought over
Both UltraTech and Dalmia Bharat, as well as Binani Cement's promoters, were likely to drag the case to the Supreme Court for a final verdict
KSS Petron, a subsidiary of Kazakhistan-based KSS, was admitted for insolvency resolution process on August 1, 2017, under the IBC
If buyers plan to move NCLT, lawyers say that it's best that they first approach the real estate regulator
The provocative abuse of the power to choose when to put into effect a law passed by Parliament has reached a point where judicial intervention is warranted
Although the IBC allows operational creditors to invoke the insolvency resolution process, the cases of L&T and Ericsson reflect the unanticipated variables in the mix
Experts say that in future insolvency cases, resolution will yield better results