Importance of making a WILL in addition to nomination

The provisions of nomination are found in various Acts like Life Insurance, Provident Fund, Gratuity, Co-operative societies and banking regulation acts. You might have made nominations for all your bank deposits, real estate assets in the co-operative housing society, Bank lockers, insurance policies, mutual funds, shares etc. Therefore, you assume that nominations made by you…

What is Uniform Customs and Practice (UCP) for Documentary Credits?

We all know that in the international trade of goods and services transactions takes place between the people belonging to different continents, languages, culture, and laws. Since the language used for communication of terms and conditions of LC may suggest different meaning in different parts of the world, people across the world realised the need…

What is a letter of Credit (LC)?

Letter of credit (LC) also known as Documentary credit is an undertaking from a bank on behalf of its customer (importer/buyer) wherein the beneficiary (exporter) is fully assured of payment provided he fulfills his part of the sale contract embodied in Letter of Credit. To understand LC mechanism, let us take an example of a…

What are the Clean Bills, Documentary Bills, Demand Bills, Usance Bills and Accommodation Bills?

The word ‘bills’ is the acronym to ‘bills of exchange’.  There are different kinds of bills of exchange viz.  Clean Bills, Documentary bill, Demand bills, Usance Bills, Accommodation Bills etc. Clean Bill: When the document of title to goods (like LR/RR/BL/Airway bill etc.) is not accompanied by a bill of exchange, it is called as a clean…