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Jul 30, 2010 | Press India Bureau reports that President Pratibha Patil has appointed Justice K. Kannan as a Permanent Judge of the Madras High Court. Prior to this appointment, he was Additional Judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court. A PIB press release also reports on the constitution of the 19th Law Commission of India headed by former Supreme Court judge, Justice P.V. Reddy.
Jul 29, 2010 | Who would have thought that the beloved game of Pac-Man, which often stirs up ideas of nostalgia, would land Greenpeace in a Rs.10 crore ($2.1 million) defamation and trademark infringement suit?
Jul 28, 2010 | JFE Holdings, the second largest Japanese steelmaker, has announced its India investment to buy a 14.9 percent stake in India’s third largest steel manufacturer JSW Steel. The Japanese company has purchased just below the 15 percent norm so as to not trigger the open offer regulations.
Jul 28, 2010 | Malaysian Sovereign wealth fund Khazanah outbid Fortis Healthcare to acquire Parkway Holdings, Southeast Asia's largest hospital chain, for around Rs. 11,700 crore ($2.6 billion).
Jul 28, 2010 | The new rules introduced by Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee in this year’s budget, state that firms in which promoters own more than three-fourths of the shares should increase the public float by 5 percent annually. Economic times spoke with A Rajagopal, Managing Director & head of Global Capital Markets, UBS along with Akila Agrawal, Partner in Amarchand & Mangaldas.
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Features
Arun Scaria, Sahil Shah And Nischal Joshipura
Jul 29, 2010 |
Arun Scaria, Sahil Shah and Nischal Joshipura from Nishith Desai Associates write on the recommendations made by The Takeover Regulations Advisory Committee (TRAC) to review the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997. They provide a comparison between some of the key provisions of the extant Takeover Code and the recommendations of TRAC.
In Conversation
Jul 27, 2010 | Somasekhar Sundaresan (aka Som), Partner at J. Sagar Associates is a man of many facets. India's only complete securities lawyer - he is equally at ease arguing before SAT, attending an IPO kick off meeting or serving on the Takeover Committee tasked with reviewing the Takeover Code. Som, a finalist in the Titan Be More challenge, breaks away from the stereotypical lawyer mould and actively engages with the civil society through the Black Badge Movement, goes on annual mountain climbing treks and dedicates his treks to raise funds to support the Akansha Foundation which educates underprivileged children. Bar & Bench in an exclusive conversation with Som.
Columns
De Facto
Jul 26, 2010 | The beginning of law school can overwhelm the best of us. Law school can be a free for all to showcase their talent, and with people trying to join every society in law school, it is not only overwhelming but frightening at times. De Facto shares a list of things that he wish he had known in his law school
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Deal Street
Jul 28, 2010 | Private Equity (PE) fund Milestone’s plan to tap into the rapidly growing capital market in India took fruit this month when the company filed for a Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Milestone would be the first PE since IL&FS Investment Managers to raise capital through the IPO route.
Apprentice Lawyer
Jul 27, 2010 | The Bar Council of India is at the receiving end of flak yet again, with Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa opposing the All India Bar Examination. In a Special Meeting the decision was taken to submit an affidavit with the objections filed in by the other Bar Councils in the Supreme Court, where the matter is coming up for
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