C K G Nair

Supreme Court's recent judgment continues a three-decade cycle of invalidations; a regulatory reset is overdue

Corporate rescues under IBC show that culture matters as much as capital-Air India's case reveals how hidden organisational baggage can shape rescue outcomes beyond financials

Without strong policy guardrails, markets alone can't drive the green transition

Regulators are increasingly asserting control over MD appointments by rejecting candidate panels submitted by regulated entities, curtailing proposed tenures, and altering remuneration structures

Effectively involving the regulated entities in the rule-making process and crowd-sourcing ideas help create a better-governed market economy

India's infrastructure, products and people will increasingly face the Q-test as mobility, economy and interconnectedness gather speed

Different laws for rapidly changing technology-enabled markets are neither feasible nor warranted

Contrary to the rationale of short selling, third-party investigative reports from activist short sellers violate Sebi regulations

Honouring secured contracts and mimicking the liquidation waterfall could promote a judicious system of distribution of proceeds and minimise disputes

Judicial overreach and appropriation of power are slowing the insolvency process

The longevity of companies is in danger today. It is as much the responsibility of the State as of the stakeholders to prevent their premature death

So far 786 applications have been filed to recover over Rs 2.2 trillion allegedly lost through irregular transactions. Retrieving this needs a law, policy and regulatory focus

A particular organisational innovation of the past has been resurrected recently, namely, the special purpose acquisition company (Spac)

Interpreting the margins at the cost of core legislation could be costly for the economy

Undermining operational creditors is against the basic spirit of IBC

Central bank communication had moved decisively from "secrecy" to "transparency and accountability" over the decades.

The Bankruptcy Law Reforms Committee had spent considerable time on the timelines to be prescribed for various steps under the insolvency/bankruptcy proceedings