What is Contract of Indemnity?
(This article explains the meaning of contract of Indemnity; features of Indemnity Contract, rights and duties of indemnity holder.) Definition of contract of indemnity: Section 124 of contract Acts defines contract of indemnity as “a contract by which one party promises to save the other from loss caused to him by the conduct of the…
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What are the advantages in registration of a partnership firm?
Registration of a partnership firm is not compulsory under law. It is left to the partners of the firm to register their firm or not. However,the advantages of registration of a partnership firm are that the registered firm offers an irrefutable legal proof of the existence partnership and the composition of partners, their address,…
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What is a demand loan?
Demand loan is a form of short term fiance provided by the banks to their customers. Unlike term loans where loans are granted on a fixed tenure and that shall be repaid in installments as per terms and conditions of the sanction, the demand loans work on the specific demand of the lender.In the other…
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(This posts elucidates different types of credit facilities extended by the banks) You may be aware that banks lend various types of credit facilities to their customers viz.Demand Loans, consumer loans, home loans, education loans, term lending, working capital finance, export credit, Bank Guarantee, Letter of credit, etc. Bank finance to their customers is not…
Read article What are secured and unsecured loans?
There are two basic types of loans granted by lenders namely Secured and Unsecured loans. The secured loans are those loans which are granted by the lenders taking security from the borrower against the loan. The security may be prime security or collateral security.Prime security is an asset acquired by a borrower under a loan…
Conversion of debt into equity by the Asset Reconstruction Companies reviewed
At present, the Asset Reconstruction companies viz. the Securitization Companies / Reconstruction Companies (SC/RCs) are permitted to convert a portion of debt into shares of the borrower company as a measure of asset reconstruction subject to a condition that their shareholding does not exceed 26% of the post converted equity of the company under reconstruction.…
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