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The lockdown throughout the country, as a preventive measure for containing the virus, has raised several questions on the business and employment front across sectors which now need to carefully review their existing employee protection and safety policies, strategies and procedures. Deliberating on the responsibilities of the employer and the employees, the article in this issue of Corporate Amicus also elaborates on the concept of “Work from home” (WFH), while discussing some issues like confidentiality and data security, tracking of productivity and performance levels, and working hours, which need to be taken care of by the employers while implementing WFH. Further, the authors also elaborately discuss various laws like the Factories Act, the Disaster Management Act and the Epidemic Disease Act while concluding that the companies should, even at the end of the lockdown, put in place various safeguards to protect themselves as well as their employees till the effect of COVID-19 is wiped off. The authors believe that the policies developed by the companies and organisations will prove valuable during these trying times and as well as in the future...
Notifications and Circulars
Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020
LLP Settlement Scheme, 2020
Banking companies exempt from specific provisions of Competition Act, 2002
RBI guidelines on regulation of Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways
Covid-19 relief activities – Clarifications on spending CSR funds
Special Measures under Companies Act 2013 and Limited Liability Act, 2008 in the view of Covid-19 outbreak
Covid-19 – Regulatory package by Reserve Bank of India
MCA allows for Board meetings to be held via video-conferencing – Procedure also laid down for holding EGMs through video conferencing or through other audio visual means
Ratio decidendi
RBI circular imposing ban on trading in cryptocurrency quashed – Supreme Court
Period of limitation under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code starts ticking from date of default – NCLAT, Delhi
News Nuggets
Limitation for execution of foreign decree – Supreme Court clarifies
Pre-deposit of amount of debt due mandatory to entertain appeal under Section 18 of SARFAESI Act
Electronics manufacturing – Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology notifies two incentive schemes
COVID-19 – Extension of limitation for filing in all courts/tribunals
Competition Commission – Measures in view of COVID-19 pandemic
Department of Telecom – Relaxation in terms and conditions of Other Service Providers (OSPs)
NCLAT – Excluding lockdown period for counting time of resolution process under Section 12 of IBC
Withdrawal of non-refundable advance – Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme amended
Constitution of NCLAT, Chennai Bench
Mineral Laws (Amendment) Act, 2020 notified
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2020 notified
