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Saturday, September 13, 2025
TopicIBC amendment

Topic: IBC amendment

Insolvency code is one of India’s success stories. But it now needs a new life

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is not immune to the shortcomings of India's justice system like delays despite being one of the key reform initiatives of the government.

Supreme Court to examine validity of Centre’s decision to amend an IBC provision

Petitioners, most of whom are homebuyers, challenged section 3 of the Ordinance claiming it rendered buyers, who are financial creditors, without remedy.

Lok Sabha Speaker refers IBC amendment bill to standing committee chaired by Jayant Sinha

The IBC amendment bill seeks to protect bidders of insolvent companies from any risk of criminal proceedings for offences committed by previous promoters.

Nirmala Sitharaman introduces bill to amend insolvency law amid opposition protests

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, which came into force in 2016, has already been amended thrice this year.

Cabinet approves amendments to insolvency law to protect bidders from risks

The amendments ensures successful bidders are ring-fenced from any risk of criminal proceedings for offences committed by previous promoters of the companies.

SC upholds IBC amendment, allows home buyers more remedies against defaulting developers

Court says aggrieved home buyers can now approach the National Company Law Tribunal, Real Estate Development Authority as well as the consumer forums against defaulting companies.

On Camera

Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.