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Unified Securities Code

In what can be termed an opportune moment for the capital market investors, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently proposed the merging of four laws that govern capital markets as well as Securities. These Acts include the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (“SEBI Act”), the Depositories Act, 1996 (“Depositories Act”), the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (“SCRA”) and the Government Securities Act, 2007 (“GSA”). These laws have been aimed to be consolidated into a unified securities market Code.

Significance of Capping of Liability Clauses in Contract – Part 3

This is the third and the last part of the three-part series re-evaluating the significance of the liability cap clause in contractual agreements in the aftermath of the pandemic. This Part deals with the enforceability of liability cap clauses in contracts and aims to elucidate how it is dependent on the merits of each case. Thereby, it restricts a contracting party from absolutely taking a defence based on the existence of the said clause and disclaim his/her partial or complete liability towards an agreed transaction in the contract.

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