Corporate Law : The Supreme Court held that liabilities arising from corporate guarantees qualify as financial debt under Section 5(8) of the Inso...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court ruled that a shortfall payment clause in a Deed of Hypothecation can qualify as a contract of guarantee under th...
Corporate Law : The article examines how conflicting Supreme Court judgments in Rainbow Papers and Raman Ispat created uncertainty regarding the s...
Corporate Law : The IBC (Amendment) Act, 2026 introduces CIIRP as a faster and proactive insolvency mechanism for early-stage financial stress. Th...
Corporate Law : Explains how the Court held that insolvency proceedings cannot be used as a pressure tactic for debt recovery. Even if default is ...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court upheld joint insolvency proceedings against two interconnected real estate companies due to common management an...
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 : The proposal focuses on enabling creditors to initiate resolution while retaining debtor management under supervision. It sets out...
Corporate Law : The amendments arise from the inclusion of a unified “service provider” definition under the Code. The move expands regulatory...
Corporate Law : NCLT Indore held that dissolution under Section 54 of the IBC was justified after all assets of the corporate debtor were liquidat...
Corporate Law : NCLT Mumbai held that ongoing One-Time Settlement discussions cannot defeat insolvency proceedings when debt and default are admit...
Corporate Law : NCLAT held that foreign oil and gas assets owned through Videocon subsidiaries could not be included in the CIRP of Videocon Indus...
Corporate Law : Tribunal noted that the CIRP period, including all extensions, had reached 741 days and expired on 20 November 2025. Since no plan...
Corporate Law : The NCLT Mumbai held that liquidation became mandatory under Section 33(2) of the IBC after the Committee of Creditors rejected al...
Corporate Law : The amendment bars related parties, recent auditors, and connected persons from acting as registered valuers in pre-pack insolvenc...
Corporate Law : The IBBI amended the Liquidation Process Regulations, 2016 to allow appointment of one registered valuer for each asset class in M...
Corporate Law : The IBBI amended the CIRP Regulations, 2016 to permit appointment of one set of registered valuers for MSME corporate debtors. The...
Corporate Law : The IBBI Amendment Regulations, 2026 introduce nominee directors on IPA governing boards and strengthen oversight mechanisms. The ...
Corporate Law : The order highlights that delayed applications, late progress reports, and non-compliance with filing requirements amounted to ser...
Lalit Kumar Jain Vs Union of India (Supreme Court) 1. Supreme Court on Friday upheld provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) allowing lenders to pursue insolvency proceedings against promoter guarantors of companies facing Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process. 2. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Ravindra Bhat delivered the judgement. The ruling […]
The Government of India promulgated Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 on 4th April 2021 alongwith relevant Rules & Regulations for Pre-Packaged Insolvency Resolution Process under IBC for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). There is great apprehension in the minds of all stakeholders whether it will be practically successful or remain on the papers […]
The winding up of a company is the last stage of a companies’ existence. It is the process by which the company is put to an end i.e. the process through which its corporate existence comes to an end, and it is finally dissolved. As per section 270 of the Companies Act, 2013 a company […]
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (‘Code’) reconceptualised the framework for insolvency resolution in India. It provides a mechanism for the insolvency resolution of debtors in a time bound manner to enable maximisation of the value of their assets, with a view to promote entrepreneurship, availability of credit and balance the interests of all the […]
The claim would get extinguished once the Resolution Plan was accepted by the National Company Law Tribunal [Ref: Sirpur Paper Mills Limited vs. I.K. Merchants Pvt. Ltd. dated 07th May, 2021] We are regularly seeing lots of changes by way of amendments, ordinances and judgments in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (hereinafter the ‘IBC’) in […]
India Resurgence Arc Private Limited Vs M/s. Amit Metaliks Limited & Anr. (Supreme Court of India) “Equality” means equality among equals or within the same class. In the present facts of the case, the appellant company is said to be the assignee of the rights, title and interest carried by Religare Finvest Limited as secured […]
Once a resolution plan is duly approved by the Adjudicating Authority under subsection (1) of Section 31, the claims as provided in the resolution plan shall stand frozen and will be binding on the Corporate Debtor and its employees, members, creditors, including the Central Government, any State Government or any local authority, guarantors and other stakeholders.
Understanding Section 29-A of IBC’16 regarding ineligibility criteria to submit Resolution Plan Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) looks after consolidating such laws relating to corporate insolvency resolution process of corporate persons, individuals as well as partnerships in a timely manner and simultaneous revival of such insolvent companies by application of resolution plan.[1] The prospective […]
I hope that you all are aware about the Ordinance i.e. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 which has been come into effective at once, promulgated by President on 4th April, 2021.This Ordinance amends the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (‘IBC or Code’) to allow the Central Government to notify such pre-packaged process for […]
Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) was notified on May 28, 2016 and by December 2016 majority of provisions of IBC was implemented. With its enactment an altogether new insolvency regime that is proactive, incentive compliant, market led, and time-bound, came into existence in India.
