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...
Role of Resolution Professional in Committee of Creditors of Essar Steel India Limited Vs. Satish Kumar Gupta & Ors In the recent judgment dated 15th November, 2019 passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the matter of Committee of Creditors of Essar Steel India Limited Vs. Satish Kumar Gupta & Ors. [Civil Appeal No. 8766-67/2019 and […]
In the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) initiated under the I&B Code 2016 (Code), the claim is an important factor to be decided in the Resolution Plan for the Corporate Debtor (CD). The provisions of Code strive on the protection of interest of creditors of a company which is under CIRP while completing the insolvency […]
That 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.
To achieve objectives of Code, CIRP is not available in respect of defaults arising during COVID-19 period and default of less than Rs.1 crore. There are several laws which regulate ‘Insolvency Resolution’ for Companies in India. These include (i) Sick Industrial Companies Act, 1985, (ii) Recovery of Debt Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 (DRT […]
The government has amended the insolvency law to incorporate a pre-packaged resolution mechanism for stressed MSMEs in order to have a faster and more value-maximizing outcome.
Preface: COVID-19 pandemic has impacted businesses, financial markets and economies all over the world, including India, and has impacted the business operations of micro, small and medium enterprises – MSME sector and exposed many of them to financial distress. The Government has taken several measures to mitigate the distress caused by the pandemic including increasing […]
Till 31.08.2016 and with effect from 1.9.2016, the Government dues have lost priority of its tax dues against the banks or financial institutions secured creditors (‘secured creditors’) since the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993 and Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 were amended by inserting sections 31B and section 26E in respective Acts on 1st September 2016.
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 was promulgated by the President on the Fourth day of April 2021. The Ordinance has been introduced with the intent to provide an efficient alternative insolvency resolution process for corporate persons classified as micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) thus ensuring a quicker, cost-effective and value maximizing […]
NCLAT JUDGEMENT SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH’ 2021 ON IBC, 2016 It gives us immense pleasure to share our 1st Edition of NCLAT Judgement Summary for the month of March’ 2021 covering summary/ gist of finding of the Hon’ble NCLAT. The Judgement summary prepared by us is for the purpose of understanding in short […]
The IBC region witnessed another IBC amendment ordinance 2021 that provides relief to the micro, small and medium enterprises. Any default of one crore or less can be initiated under the pre-packaged process by the corporate debtor.
