The Consumer Protection Act is a wide-ranging provision and it is not a specific resolution like the Insolvency ad Bankruptcy Code and the remedies are simultaneously and mutually exclusive.
Category: Debt Recovery Management
Article 1 of the Limitation Act, is not applicable to proceedings under the IBC Laws
Article 137 is having a wider scope than Article 1 of the Limitation Act and is not applicable to the proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Article 1 is also not applicable to the petition filed by the Operational Creditor under Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.
Whether the Wages/Salaries during the CIRP Period are to be qualified as CIRP Costs or not
Wages and salaries are considered and included in CIRP costs as per under Section 53(1)(a) of the IB Code.
Whether CIRP against Corporate Guarantor be initiated in respect of loan account of the principal borrower
Section 7 of the Code permits a financial creditor to initiate a CIRP procedure against the guarantor being a corporate debtor in accordance with the default committed by the principal borrower.
NOIDA: A FINANCIAL CREDITOR OR AN OPERATIONAL CREDITOR
Both operational creditors and financial creditors own certain advantages over each other. But Financial creditors are given some priorities over other creditors such as they are members of the creditor’s committee and have voting power etc and operational is not a member of the creditor’s committee.
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 is not Interest Recovery Code
NCLT held that the “interest” component alone cannot be claimed or pursued, in absence of the debt, to trigger a CIRP against the corporate Debtor. Further, the application pursued realization of the interest amount alone is against the intent of the IBC, 2016.
Mechanism to protect Micro and Small Enterprises from delayed payment
Recover the money against the supply made along with interest notified by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) if any company make the payment after 45 day of acceptance of goods and service from any MSME’s vendor.
Do NCLT is vested with the power to classify a transaction as a “preferential transaction”!
The Hon’ble NCLAT, Principal Bench, New Delhi held that the IBC does not vest the power to NCLT to Suo-moto classify a transaction as Preferential Transaction under Section 44 r/w Section 45 of IBC.
PRE-PACKAGED INSOLVENCY PROCESS FOR MSMEs
To provide a relief to MSME and to offer them some respite from this pandemic, the process of pre-packaged insolvency resolution was introduced. This PIRP was introduced by way of ordinance dated 04.04.2021 by the Ministry of Law and Justice.
Assignment and valuation of not readily realisable assets
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) mentioned the assignment of not readily realisable assets (NRRA) in the discussion paper on Corporate Liquidation Process dated 26 August 2020.
Rights of the borrower in case of harassments by the banks
If the debt recovery is based on erroneous information that led to the loss of your score, then you can file a defamation suit against the bank and recovery agency.
Power and Duties of Company Liquidator
The Liquidator has a fiduciary responsibility with the Company and its creditors. The major goal of choosing a Liquidator is to resurrect a failing firm and operate professionally.
Completion Certificate, Occupation Certificate and Possession Issues
A common practice among the Builders/Developers to issue Possession Letter without obtaining the Occupation Certificate to pressurize the allottees to pay complete sale price without any chance of getting the possession or execution of sale deed.
Compulsory winding up of a company
When a business decides to wind up, it can choose between a voluntary winding up method and a compulsory winding up procedure. In the year 2020, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs will issue notices on the winding up of small businesses.
Enforcement of Arbitration Award via Insolvency Proceedings: A Contrary Perspective
The enforcement proceedings for the foreign award (under S. 47-48) are the last and final stage where the debtor can resist the award from becoming binding/ enforceable for grounds listed under Section 48 of the Arbitration Act.