Liquidation under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
Earlier the winding up of the company was initiated and conducted under the Companies Act, 1956 while the same has got annulled after the advent of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.
Earlier the winding up of the company was initiated and conducted under the Companies Act, 1956 while the same has got annulled after the advent of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.
An application under section 7 filed by the Operational Creditor is barred due to pending Arbitration Proceedings as the on-going arbitration proceedings signifies the pre-existence of dispute
The Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process has to be completed in 180 days along with the provision of 90 days of extension or maximum allowed time is 270 days.
The Limitation Act will be applied upon any application or petition or claim or appeal is filed before the adjudicating authority or tribunal i.e. NCLT or NCLAT.
The powers of the management of controlling the assets of the Corporate Debtor or Company is transferred to the Resolution Professional or the liquidator as the case may be.
The insolvency and bankruptcy code, 2016 has seen many ups and downs since the enactment but out of all the most long and debatable topic or issue concerning law was pertaining to the rights of Home buyers/Allottee under the code.
The code is not applicable to corporates in finance sector. Thus no petition shall be entertained by NCLT filed against Banks, Financial Institutions, Insurance Company, Asset Reconstruction Company, Asset Reconstruction Company, Mutual Funds, Collective Investment Schemes or Pension Funds.
operational creditors are those creditors where liabilities arise from transactions on operations.
IBC and RERA Act, enacted in 2016, appear to be pitted against each other as far as protecting the interests of bankers and home buyers are concerned.
A big relief to homebuyers and promoters and now they can be an equal part of the CoC, as the President also has given his assent to the Ordinance effecting amendments in insolvency code.
The Essar Steel matter has raised a valid and crucial point of inordinate delays which is a big concern as it was the important provision of IBC, time bound resolution. If this purpose fails, the whole motive of IBC will fall apart.
The old and archaic provisions to deal with sickness arising out of financial difficulties have been replaced by Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
This article is about the further actions to be taken by the Operational creditor after serving a demand notice on Operational debtor.
The IBC has introduced new and distinct concepts of ‘Financial Creditor’ and ‘Operational Creditor’ as opposed to the Companies Act, 2013 which merely introduced the term ‘creditor’, without any classification thereof.
To initiate recovery procedure one can approach the National Company Law Tribunal which exercises the power to dispose cases under Insolvency Code.