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 : 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 ...
Corporate Law : The Disciplinary Committee imposed a two-year suspension after finding failures in claim verification, unauthorized financial deci...
The IBBI (Insolvency Professionals) Regulations, 2016 allow chartered accountants, company secretaries, cost accountants and Advocates with 10 years’of post-membership experience (practice or employment) or Graduates with 15 years’of post qualification managerial experience to be registered as IPs on passing the Limited Insolvency Examination. For this purpose, the IBBI launched the Limited Insolvency Examination on 31st […]
The insolvency professional agencies (IPAs) are front line regulators for the IPs under the Code. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) commenced registration of IPAs from 28th November, 2016 in accordance with the regulations. It has registered at the end of the quarter the following three IPAs: Sl. Name of IPA Promoted by […]
IBBI issued five regulations to provide for regulation of service providers and enable implementation of provisions relating to corporate insolvency resolution and liquidation.
The Basic Idea of the proposed Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 is that when an enterprise ( Individual, Firm, or Corporate Person) defaults, the control shifts to Committee of Creditors. They have specified time limit to evaluate proposals for resuscitating (rehabilitating) the enterprise or take to liquidation.
Under section 188 of the Code, the IBBI was established on 1st October, 2016. The Governing Board of the IBBI consists of the following members appointed by the Central Government, namely: a. a Chairperson; b. three members from amongst the officers of the Central Government not below the rank of Joint Secretary or equivalent, one […]
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) was established on 1st October, 2016. It is useful to chronicle the critical steps leading to establishment of the IBBI and the steps taken thereafter during the quarter September-December, 2016:
It is well established that economic freedom and economic performance have very high positive correlation. Countries having high level of economic freedom generally out-perform the countries with not-so-high level of economic freedom.
Akshay Jhunjhunwala & Anr. Vs Union of India (Calcutta High Court) The petitioners have assailed the vires of Sections 7, 8 and 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. Learned Senior Advocate appearing for the petitioners has submitted that, the second respondent is a corporate debtor in respect of whom a proceeding under the […]
(1) These regulations may be called the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Engagement of Research Associates and Consultants) Regulations, 2017. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
(1) These regulations may be called Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Procedure for Governing Board Meetings) Regulations, 2017. (2) These regulations shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
