Customs dues do not impact the rights of secured creditors

Industrial Development Bank of India Vs Superintendent of Central Excise and Customs and Others (Supreme Court of India) The Hon’ble Supreme Court in Industrial Development Bank of India v. Superintendent of Central Excise and Customs and Others [Civil Appeal No. 2568 of 2013 dated August 18, 2023] set aside the order passed by the division bench of the Hon’ble Andhra Pradesh High Court and held that the position in law was that the debt ‘due and payable’, when falls within the four corners of clause (a) to Section 530(1) of the Companies Act, would be treated as preferential payment, ...