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 Ministry of Corporate Affairs highlighted that the IBC resolution process facilitated creditor recoveries exceeding ₹4 lakh ...
Corporate Law : The IBBI has announced contractual vacancies for Research Associates and Consultants in law and business management disciplines. T...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court upheld joint insolvency proceedings against two interconnected real estate companies due to common management an...
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...
On occurrence of default in repayment of financial debt of a company or LLP, the financial creditor either by itself or jointly with other financial creditors, or any other person on behalf of the financial creditor, as may be notified by the Central Government can file an application for initiating corporate insolvency resolution process(CIRP) against the company or LLP (In IBC say, corporate debtor) before the Adjudicating Authority(NCLT).
An insolvency application filed by an Operational Creditor U/s 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (I&B Code) can be resisted on the ground that there is an ‘existing dispute‘, the I&B Code does not provide for such a defence for resisting an insolvency application filed in respect of a financial debt U/s 7 […]
Whether the NCLT was correct in passing an order of initiation of the CIRP against a MSME without considering the fact that the minimum threshold limit of filing application in NCLT has been increased to Rs. 1 Crore?
In these days of COVID-19 outbreak, all over the world everyone is seeing the negative impact of this pandemic i.e. global economic slowdown, job losses, loss of human lives etc. These impacts are measured and witnessed through various surveys and reports by respective authorities and governments.
IBC refers to Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, the Bankruptcy Law of India which seeks to consolidate the existing framework by creating a single law for insolvency and bankruptcy. Certain provisions on Insolvency Law deals with Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME’s) which are reproduce below for reference. 1. Section 29A of IBC, 2016: Insolvency […]
JUDICIAL RESPONSE: 1. Suo moto cognizance by Hon’ble Supreme Court in WP(C) No. 03/2020 dated 23.03.2020: Under exercise of power conferred under Article 141 and 142, Extension of limitation period in all proceedings irrespective of the limitation prescribes or not under the General or special law whether condonable or not. 2. Suo moto cognizance by […]
The Pandemic outburst of Covid-19 has not left India untouched in any manner. This Pandemic has not only affected the human beings but has also led the economy to doldrums. The journey of stalling of businesses in India prominently started with the onset of lockdowns in India. The lockdown was justified in the sense that […]
Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees (Recommendation) Guidelines, 2020 Date of issue of Guidelines: 2nd June, 2020 Applicability: with effect from 1st July, 2020. There are two types of the Insolvency 1. Corporate Insolvency 2. Individual Insolvency Corporate Insolvency: The IBBI is required under IBC, 2016 to […]
Recent Amendments Under Companies Act, 2013 And Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code, 2016 Further to the official announcements made by the Hon’ble Finance Minister of India, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman during the press conference held on the 24th day of March 2020, Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Ministry of Law and Justice, has notified certain amendments to vide […]
Back drop Covid-19 pandemic has impacted business, financial markets and economy all over the world, including India, and created uncertainty and stress for business for reasons beyond their control. A nationwide lockdown is in force since 25th March, 2020 to combat the spread of Covid-19 which has added to disruption of normal business operations. Reforms […]
