Introduction

The recent amendments in the bankruptcy resolution framework will help reduce timelines, enhance transparency and improve realisations. The amendments will help safeguard the interest of lenders by maintaining the residual value of assets and also spur the pace of resolutions under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC),

How is it going to help?

1. The fine-tuning of the contentious Section 29(A) of the IBC will open opportunities for resolution applicants to bid once their eligibility is proven, and exempts financial entities from being disqualified from bidding.
2. The reduction in minimum voting threshold for the Committee of Creditors (CoC) to 66 per cent from 75 per cent for key decisions, and to 51 per cent from 75 per cent for routine decisions can reduce resolution timelines
3. The move to allow promoters of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) not categorised as ‘wilful defaulters’ to bid for their assets will reduce liquidation proceedings and improve the loan recovery rate of banks, the report said, adding it will also aid genuinely distressed companies.
4. Getting the homebuyers on par with financial creditors provides much-needed clarity, especially with respect to cases undergoing resolution under the IBC, where homebuyers are de facto creditors.
5. The changes in Sec 29(A) will also lessen the haircuts that banks may have to take as more companies get qualified for bidding.

Conclusion

IBC’s prime motive is time bound resolution and hence the new changes that are reflecting in the Code is to ensure the same. This legislation is like a dream come true for the lenders and the borrowers seems to be despising it. India is looking forward to be the best market place in the world and hence it has to be stringent in its resolution policies and fair trade market practices.

Disclaimer – the above summary is based on the personal interpretation of the revised regulations, which may differ person to person. Hence, the readers are expected to take expert opinion before placing reliance on this article.

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