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...
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 […]
NCLAT declined to accept the stand of the Financial Creditor that, Article 62 of the Limitation Act, will be applicable for counting limitation under Section 7 of the IBC and further held that only Article 137 of the Limitation will be applicable on the Application under Section 7, 9 and 10 of the IBC.
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.
Notification No. 39/2020–Central Tax- New GST Registration for corporate debtors undergoing corporate insolvency resolution process. Time limit for registration extended due to covid by substituting the following to para 2- Registration.- The said class of persons shall, with effect from the date of appointment of IRP / RP, be treated as a distinct person of […]
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India invites comments from the public on the Regulations notified under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) streamlines the process minimizing losses and promoting efficient allocation of resources to deal with sick companies. The article provides an analysis of the effect of moratorium on ongoing tax proceedings against the Corporate Debtors (CD). Tax collection in India, be it income tax, excise tax, GST or any […]
