IndiaMart named in US Notorius Markets List

Released by the US Trade Representative (USTR) on January 31, 2023, the 2022 Notorious Markets List identifies 39 online and 33 physical markets globally that are reported to engage in or facilitate substantial trademark counterfeiting or copyright piracy. In India, IndiaMart is the only ‘online’ marketplace named in the list. Rest 4 are all offline … Read more

RBI stops Paytm Payments Services from signing new online merchants

Paytm Payments Services Ltd (PPSL) is a subsidiary of One97 Communications Ltd (OCL), the parent of Paytm. OCL had proposed to transfer the payment aggregator (PA) services business undertaken by it to PPSL in December 2020 to comply with the guidelines of the banking regulator. However, the RBI had rejected its application. The company had … Read more

Debenture holders’ plea to NCLT against Peninsula not admitted

As per the newspaper reports, debenture holders have approached NCLT invoking insolvency proceeding against Peninsula Land (PL). Plea is due to default by one of the SPVs of PL on it’s payment obligations towards the debenture holders in July 2021. Debenture holders had invoked corporate guarantees worth Rs 117 crore provided by PL. As per … Read more

Spicejet settles with AAI. Also rumoured to be in stake sale discussions.

Spicejet has informed that it has settled with Airports Authority of India (AAI) and has cleared all the ‘principal’ dues. Financial difficulties of the airline are widely known. It has been defaulting/ delaying on most of it’s financial commitments. It was moved to ‘cash and carry system’ in airports run by the AAI. Spicejet has … Read more

Regulator acts on Spicejet’s continuous mid air snags

Since May of this year (i.e, in just 2 months), Spicejet has reported 9 mid air snags. This is uncommon in Indian skies and deserved a closer look by the regulator – The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). DGCA has now acted and ordered Spicejet to operate only 50% of it’s flights that have … Read more

SEBI fines IIFL Securities for violation of norms related to the client funds

Brokerage businesses handle significant client money and hence are supposed to be managed with extreme discipline. Regulations are well laid out in that regard. However, time and again we come across cases that raise doubt on this underlying presumption. Today, SEBI passed an adjudication order against IIFL Securities Limited (IIFL) for some serious violations – … Read more

Indostar informs about credit process lapses and hence need for additional provisions. Fixing of accountability awaited.

In a surprise development, Indostar Capital Finance Limited (ICFL) informed the following – On March 31, 2022, the management had informed Audit Committee of certain control deficiencies observed during the interim statutory audit Observations specifically related to the CV loan portfolio They were in respect of sanctioning of loans to existing customers, loan documentation and … Read more