Specifically in insolvency proceedings, mediation as a tool can be employed to resolve issues and clear the bottleneck in the resolution process which had led to delays.
Category: Legal Advisory
Critical Analysis of Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022
The Proposed Law’s current draft represents a substantial improvement over its earlier versions and is more open-ended, leaving more to be prescribed by the Central Government.
Artificial Intelligence and Law
By introducing deep learning technology in the courts, the facial expressions of victims and offenders can be read which can be proved to be a revolution while deciding the cases, it will ultimately help in pronouncing more correct and evaluative judgments by the judges.
No bar to withdraw admitted CIRP application before constitution of the committee of creditors: Supreme Court
The withdrawal of an application for CIRP by the applicant would not prevent any other financial creditor from taking recourse to a proceeding under IBC.
Analysis of the Pre-Packaged Insolvency Resolution Process and its advantages as compared to the CIRP
The Pre-Packaged Insolvency Resolution Process (PPIRP) mechanism have helped the MSMEs to a great extent in order to revive their operations as a going concern.
When COC approves a resolution plan it is presumed to be viable and feasible
When a Resolution Plan is approved by the CoC in its commercial wisdom, it has to be presumed that the approval was given to a viable and feasible plan. Once approved, the Tribunal cannot interfere with the commercial wisdom.
Cheque Bouncing Versus Insolvency– Whether proceedings under Section 138 and 141 of N.I. Act, 1881 can be initiated against Corporate Debtor during Moratorium period?
The institution or continuation of a proceeding of dishonour of cheque against company under the provisions of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1888 fall within the ambit of moratorium provision of the IBC.
Structure of Pre-packaged Insolvency Resolution Process
A brief information of how a PPRIRP works in the real sense, making the resolution of Micro, small and medium scale enterprises not just speedy but also smooth.
Unregistered Partnership Firm Cannot Initiate Insolvency Proceedings Under IBC: NCLT Kochi
The Bangalore Sales Corporation v Sark Spice Products Pvt. Ltd., the National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT”), Kochi Bench, comprised of Shri. P. Mohan Raj (Judicial Member) and Shri. Satya Ranjan Prasad (Technical Member), held that an unregistered Partnership Firm cannot institute insolvency proceedings under IBC.
NCLT Delhi Imposes Cost of Rs.1 Lakh on Suspended Director
The court fined the suspended director of the corporate debtor (the applicant) Rs. 1 lakh for starting several legal actions to obtain the same remedy and wasting valuable judicial time.
Centre Proposes to Submit Model Builder-Buyer Agreement with mandatory RERA clauses before Supreme Court
A builder-buyer agreement with mandatory clauses that the states or union territories cannot change has been proposed to the Supreme Court by the federal government.
NCLAT Chennai condones a delay of 147 days in filing of Appeal before the Appellate Tribunal
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal in the matter of M. K. Resely & Ors. Vs Union Bank of India has condoned a delay of 147 days in filing of appeal before NCLAT upon equity.
Rights of Homebuyers under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
Homebuyers could only engage in the IBC procedure as a class of financial creditor. Individual homebuyer rights were absorbed by homebuyer rights as a class.
An alien concept to the IBC regime is reverse CIRP
Despite the fact that such relief should not have existed, the NCLAT instead attempted an “experiment” to adopt the strange idea of Reverse CIRP, which has no precedent in the Code.
Insolvency and bankruptcy code, 2016- A game changer
For India’s distressed debt, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (IBC) was a game-changing change. It developed a tool to revitalize struggling distressed debtors, heralding a shift from previous resolution and recovery methods.