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Is IBC unfair to Operational Creditors?

Homebuyers are now considered financial creditors, whereas operational creditors, who are from the business world, may have a better understanding of the industry but still lack those rights.

COMMITTEE OF CREDITORS (CoC) under IBC : FROM BEGINNING TO END

The Committee of Creditors (CoC) has complete wisdom and right to decide the fate of the company under CIRP. Lets understand all about Committee of Creditors under Insolvency Laws

Fake Commercial Transactions will not constitute ‘Financial Debt’ under IBC: SC

A perfect decision by the SC where the parties perform activities to avoid any commercial transactions which are collusive in nature or where financial creditor escape the bar under Section 21(2) first proviso of the IBC.

Decisions taken by the committee of Creditors are Business plans which are Non-Justiciable: NCLAT

As per the settled law there is no law or provision which states that either the Adjudicating or the Appellate Authority has the powers to question the resolution plan approved by the COC until and unless the same is barred by some irregularity. 

New IBC Amendments in work likely to benefit creditors in cases of Cross Border Insolvency

The IBBI has disclosed that work is in progress to amend the IBC to make it compliant with cross border insolvency processes.

Does amount advanced as loan without proper proofs/documentations constitute a Financial Debt?

The matter is that in a situation where the Applicant is unable to prove the amount advanced as loan without proper documentations, such loan amount would not meet the requirements of a “Financial Debt”. 

Further litigation/alternative remedy cannot be pursued by creditors whose claim is taken into consideration within resolution plan

The Appellants cannot be permitted to pursue alternative remedy of suit/arbitration proceeding even if pending as Resolution Plan is binding on all the stakeholders.

Relief for Creditors: Time taken under SARFAESI to be Excluded for Limitation Act

Order deliverd by NCLAT is a relief for creditors to invoke the jurisdiction of IBC and seek appropriate redressal for their long-awaited grievances against the debtor.

DHFL’s Insolvency: How it will affect the Creditors and Debtors in the Market

The institution of Insolvency proceedings against DHFL will result in Courts to venture out over new dimensions of prospective rights and liabilities of the financial service providers.

Maintaining the balance of interests of all the creditors

It is to be understood that the objective of IBC is not to provide benefit only to selective creditors but to protect the interests of all the stakeholders.

Can financial creditor approach NCLT while the petition is pending in NCDRC?

The homebuyers who wish to seek refund of their amount are legally entitled to approach National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) under IBC.

Promoters and Shareholders Promoters are not Creditors under IBC

The shareholders and promoters are not the creditors and thereby the resolution plan cannot balance the maximization of the value of assets of the corporate debtor

Operational Creditors still unable to gain from Insolvency Resolution

According to the terms of loan resolution in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, the first preference on recovery is to secured financial creditors, followed by unsecured financial creditors, and then operational creditors.