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Finance

20 February, 2020

Bankruptcy boom: India added three insolvency professionals and four valuers a day

India’s three-year-old bankruptcy law has not only opened a fast-track path for creditors to recover their debts from defaulters but ......

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Finance

19 February, 2020

These three sectors account for nearly three-fourths of bankruptcy cases

Ever since India implemented a new bankruptcy law in 2016, creditors have been quick to drag defaulters to various courts ......

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Finance

13 February, 2020

An Indian firm enters bankruptcy every four hours, but that's not the only worrying trend

The number of companies dragged into bankruptcy courts jumped over the last two quarters, as creditors pressed the pedal to ......

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Consumer

21 January, 2020

Another VC-backed company faces bankruptcy

Venture capital-backed companies rarely get entangled in the crosshairs of bankruptcy courts. As startups generally don’t take on bank loans, ......

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Finance

24 December, 2019

Flashback 2019: Stressed assets remain in focus on rising bankruptcies, new challenges

When everything else fails, pray. At least that’s what State Bank of India chairman Rajnish Kumar seems to believe. “Every morning ......

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Consumer

08 November, 2019

Haldiram's big-ticket move to enter dairy business hits a hurdle

Haldiram Snacks Pvt. Ltd’s plan to acquire a dairy company has run into a roadblock after the insolvent firm’s lenders ......

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Healthcare

29 August, 2019

NCLAT sets aside Sterling Biotech liquidation, allows lenders to drop insolvency case

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has set aside a lower court’s order to liquidate Sterling Biotech Ltd and ......

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Finance

23 August, 2019

Why liquidation framework remains inadequate despite policy push?

Despite recent changes aimed at improving the liquidation process for bankrupt firms, the dissolution framework does not squeeze optimum value ......

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Infrastructure

26 July, 2019

Why Jet bidders can't pin hopes on loyalty scheme alone to fly carrier again

Jet Airways (India) Ltd’s creditors have dangled the airline’s lucrative loyalty programme to attract buyers, but that may not be ......

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Finance

08 July, 2019

Why a large number of firms are collapsing in insolvency tribunals

A little more than two months ago, a bankruptcy court ordered the liquidation of ABG Shipyard Ltd—one of India’s biggest ......