A lease is a contractual arrangement where one party, called the lessor, provides an asset for use by the other party, referred to as the lessee, based on the lease agreement. For example, when a customer hires a safe deposit locker from the bank, the relation between the bank and the customer is lessor and…
Section 182 of the Indian Contract Act, of 1872 defines the relationship between Agent and principal. According to the said section, an agent is a person employed to do any act for another or to represent another in dealings with third persons. The person acting on behalf of the other is called an agent, and…
Bailment and Pledge are two special contracts that are often confused. Every pledge is a bailment but every bailment is not a pledge. Bailment means the delivery of goods from one person to another for a special purpose. A Pledge means the delivery of goods as security for the payment of a debt or the…
A trustee is an entity that manages wealth, assets, or property on behalf of the owner of the estate. The owner also called the trustor, appoints a trustee to act in the trustor’s (original owner’s) best interests. Section 3 of the Indian Trust Act 1882 provides that “A Trust is an obligation annexed to the…
A Bank is a financial institution that, generally, accepts deposits and makes loans. Deposits are money people leave in a banking institution with the understanding that they can get it back at any time or at an agreed-upon future time. A loan is a money let out to a borrower to be generally paid back…
This post has covered all the sections of the RBI Act 1934 Chapter I to V. However, given this post comprises a large volume of sections, we have separately posted one more article containing important sections of the act. To read them click “IMPORTANT SECTIONS AND SCHEDULES OF RBI ACT 1934 AND BACKGROUND OF ENACTMENT”…
The Indian Credit Rating agencies are governed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Credit Rating Agencies) Regulations, 1999 (“the Regulations”). SEBI however recognizing the need for more stringent oversight introduced the SEBI (Credit Rating Agencies) Regulations, 2018, which replaced the earlier regulations. These updated regulations aimed to reinforce the credibility and accountability of…
The Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 is an Act to provide for regulation of credit information companies and to facilitate the efficient distribution of credit and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. The Reserve Bank of India and the Government of India have enacted the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006 (“Regulations”) and the…
The Hire Purchase Act, of 1972 defines a hire purchase agreement as an agreement under which goods are let on hire and under which the hirer has an option to purchase them by the terms of the agreement and includes an agreement under which: (i) Possession of goods is delivered by the owner thereof to…
The Reserve Bank of India lenders on Monday to give defaulting borrowers enough time to respond before they are classified as “fraud accounts. The amendment to current rules incorporates a Supreme Court judgment in March last year that a bank cannot unilaterally declare an account as fraud without providing the defaulter the right to be…