(The law of limitation applicable to a general guarantee and the guarantee issued by banks and financial institutions are different. This article explains the law of limitation explicitly applicable to bank guarantees, invocation and cancellation of bank guarantees) The law of limitation of time means the time-limit for different suits within which an aggrieved person…
Reserve Bank of India, directed today (September 1, 2016) that with effect from January 1, 2017, all Credit Information Companies (CICs) shall provide access, upon request and after due authentication of the requester, to a free full credit report (FFCR) once in a calendar year (January to December) to individuals whose credit history is available…
Co-acceptance of bills means “an undertaking from the third party (Bank) to make payment to the drawer of the bill (seller/exporter) on due date even if the buyer/importer fails to make the payment on that date”. Thus, in the Co-acceptance of the bills, the bank which stands as co-accepter acts as a guarantor similar to LC…
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…
A buyer of goods requires original shipping documents to take delivery of goods shipped to him by the seller. The seller (exporter) after shipment of goods prepares necessary set of documents related to goods like Bill of lading/Airway bills, LR, RR, dock warrant, dock receipt, warehouse receipt, etc. along with the invoice of the goods…
The Sikhs, Muslims, Christians, Zoroastrians, Buddhists, Jains communities in India are classified as minority communities as per notification of Ministry of Welfare, Government of India. In 121 districts in the country, the minority population exceeds 25% of total population of the districts. Further, in the states of J & K, Punjab, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and…
[Government’s support to women SHGs in rural area under Deenadayal Anthyodaya Yojana- National Rural livelihoods Mission DAY-NRLM – (Corpus from Revolving Fund, ‘Panchasutra of good SHGs, CIF loan, the maximum amount of loan, repayment schedule, margin and security for the Bank loans)] Who can form SHG under DAY-NRLM? Women Self Help Group (SHG) under DAY-NRLM is the…
[This article offers process of credit facilities to film industry under cash budget & Line of credits (LOCs)] The feature film production involves buying script, evolving screenplays, dialogs, scouting site location, film shooting, music recording, lab processing and post-production activities such as editing, dubbing, re-recording, mixing, taking final prints, obtaining censor clearance and release of…
Latest: A few sections relating to registration of security interest by secured and other creditors, the effect of registration of transactions, right of enforcement of securities, and priority to secured creditors were not notified in the said amendment. In view of the foregoing Section 17 to Section 19 of the 2016 Act have been notified…
(This article elucidates comprehensively about S4A (‘Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets’) to tackle the problem loans of large projects. The article also covers S4A- post resolution, with regard to management issues, Asset Classification, and Provisioning) The newly announced ‘Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets’ (S4A) by RBI is outlined to tackle the…