Corporate Law : NCLAT held that the CoC may decide to liquidate a corporate debtor under Section 33(2) before inviting resolution plans, with limi...
Corporate Law : This article explains why the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code places commercial decision-making in the hands of the Committee of Cr...
Corporate Law : The article explains how the NCLAT interpreted Section 66(1) to extend liability beyond company insiders to third parties who know...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court held that individuals investing for financial returns rather than home ownership cannot invoke Section 7 of the ...
Corporate Law : The High Court held that a company cannot shift its registered office after approval of a resolution plan when appeals against the...
Corporate Law : IBBI has proposed amendments to CIRP, Liquidation, and Personal Guarantor Regulations to improve valuation, clarify RP duties, sim...
Corporate Law : The proposed amendments require comprehensive project-wise disclosures, technical assessments, and mandatory information in resolu...
Corporate Law : The IBBI has announced contractual vacancies for Research Associates and Consultants in law and business management disciplines. T...
Corporate Law : 2026 Guidelines streamline selection of Insolvency Professionals for IRP, RP, Liquidator, and Bankruptcy Trustee roles, ensuring t...
Corporate Law : The amendments replace the consultation committee with CoC oversight, giving creditors greater control over liquidation decisions....
Corporate Law : Bombay HC held that Section 14 IBC moratorium does not prevent deemed conveyance under Section 11 MOFA and restored the society's ...
Company Law : Kerala HC held Rule 55 empowers NCLT to accept additional pleadings, setting aside refusal to entertain further objections in a Se...
Corporate Law : NCLAT held that invoice discounting through the TReDS platform does not convert operational debt into financial debt. The appeal w...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court held that a Section 7 IBC application can proceed despite pending winding-up proceedings where no irreversible stage...
Corporate Law : NCLT admitted the Section 9 petition after holding that campaign-related emails did not constitute a genuine pre-existing dispute....
Corporate Law : The IBBI First Appellate Authority held that although the CPIO failed to respond within the statutory 30-day period under the RTI ...
Corporate Law : IBBI cancelled an IP’s registration over systemic CIRP misuse, flawed valuations, non-disclosures, compliance failures and lack ...
Corporate Law : IBBI has released the Phase 10 syllabus for the Limited Insolvency Examination, effective from October 1, 2026, to reflect evolvin...
Corporate Law : The First Appellate Authority directed the CPIO to dispose of the RTI application after finding it was not decided within the 30-d...
Corporate Law : The Disciplinary Committee found that the Resolution Professional delayed admission of a financial creditor's claim and failed to ...
Liquidation Process of company and Model Timeline of Liquidation Process under IBC, 2016 The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC, 2016) provides for a time-bound process to resolve insolvency of the corporate debtor within a period of 180 days and one time extension of 90 days from date of the order passed by the Hon’ble […]
Recently, on 24 April, a government official hinted at the introduction of Section 10A in the IBC as another move to safeguard the businesses from the rigours of IBC. Section 10A seeks to eclipse section 7,9,10 that provides for filing of applications for initiating the CIRP in case of a default for a minimum period of six months.
In pursuance of the objective of preventing increased number of defaults by various enterprises amidst financial distress faced by the companies due to the Corona pandemic, the Government of India on 22nd April 2020 proposed to introduce Section 10 A under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, with the objective of suspending Section 7, Section 9 and Section 10 of the Code, 2016 dealing with initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP).
A pre-packaged scheme is an arrangement under which stressed company and the purchaser negotiate the sale of all or part of a company’s business or assets prior to the appointment of an insolvency professional as administrator. The completion of such a transaction is conditional on the scrutiny of details by the Insolvency professional appointed and until he gives a nod for the sale to be effected, the consideration by the purchaser is held in an escrow account.
PRELUDE Since the start of the year 2019, the Government of India has been planning to introduce the concept of Pre-Package Insolvency Schemes in the Indian Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC). Now due to COVID-19, the businesses all over the country have faced the worst hit since the global economic slowdown of 2008-2009 and it […]
Recently the Government of India through the Ministry of Finance has announced that the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC) proceedings under Section 7, 9 and 10 would be suspended for a period of 6 months and no new proceedings can be filed under these Sections. A new Section 10A is expected to be inserted in the IBC which will bring the suspension into effect.
On 23 March 2020 the CBIC issued some clarifications regarding the Goods and Services Tax (GST) compliances needed to be adhered to by the corporate debtors (CD) undergoing Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP). Prescribing special procedures under Section 148 of the Central Goods and Services Act, 2017 (CGST Act) for such CDs, the IBBI tried […]
Sections 25 and 35 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code) enumerate the duties of a Resolution Professional (RP) and a Liquidator, respectively. These duties include certain actions in respect of avoidance transactions (preferential transactions, undervalued transactions, extortionate transactions, and fraudulent trading).
MCA Amends Section 4 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 to increase Threshold of default to Rs 1 crore. Section 4 deals with defaults relating to the insolvency and liquidation of corporate debtors. Section 4 is been amended vide S.O. 1205(E) Dated 24th March, 2020. Revised Threshold is applicable from 24.03.2020.
IRP/RP are facing difficulty in obtaining registrations during the period of the lockdown and have requested to increase the time for obtaining registration from the present 30 days limit.
