ValkyaEditorial

Tagged “conflict-of-interest”

2 articles on conflict-of-interest.

High CourtHigh Court of Delhi

Rajeev Saumitra v. Neetu Singh (2016): derivative action and the s.166 duty

The Delhi High Court held that a common-law derivative action survives in a deadlocked company under the wrongdoer-control exception to Foss v. Harbottle, and that a director who runs a competing business breaches the fiduciary duties codified in Section 166 of the Companies Act, 2013 and must account for the resulting gains.

Valkya Editorial··7 min
Supreme CourtSupreme Court of India

BCCI v. Cricket Association of Bihar (2016): the Lodha reforms and the writ jurisdiction over the Board

In 2016 a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court accepted the Justice R.M. Lodha Committee's recommendations and directed the BCCI to implement sweeping structural reforms. A digest of the two-judgment litigation born of the 2013 IPL betting scandal, the holding that the Board performs public functions amenable to Article 226, and how several reforms were later relaxed.

Valkya Editorial··9 min