How to choose your Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) for Insolvency Process

an Insolvency Professional having all the aforementioned requirements may be chosen as An IRP for the corporate debtor. However it may have an advantage over other IRP if the person had already dealt in that specific industry being an RP/IRP.

Points to remember while filing a case for homebuyers under the newly amended section 7 of IBC

There are certain points which are to be taken into consideration whilst filing a petition for the homebuyers under the newly amended Section 7 of IBC.

All About- Moratorium and its relevance under IBC

The term Moratorium is nowhere defined in the Code, however, the term in basic parlance means, ”a stopping of activity for an agreed amount of time”. 

Withdrawal of money by directors during the CIRP, to attract criminal offence: NCLAT

Withdrawal of money by a Company director from the accounts of the company during the CIRP, the same will attract criminal proceedings against the Directors

Role of Information Utility and NeSL in safeguarding Insolvency Process under the IBC

The NeSL was the first Information Utility service registered under the BBI Regulations, 2017 it is one of the three pillars of the IBC system.

Invocation of guarantee during Moratorium

As per section 14 of the IBC 2016 and in the judgments it has been determined that during the moratorium period the invocation of guarantee against the ‘Company under Insolvency Proceedings/ CIRP.

Whatsapp admissible as valid demand notice or pre-existing dispute under IBC

The Hon’ble NCLAT held the validity of the demand notice sent through whatsapp messenger app wherein the blue tick on the text implies the acceptance of the communication.

What happens once Insolvency application is admitted

What happens once the application by a financial creditor or operational creditor or by corporate applicant is admitted before the NCLT which under the code is termed as adjudicating Authority.

Effect of Moratorium on Personal Properties of the Promoter given as Security

Only those properties in the name of the corporate debtor shall come under the purview of the moratorium and not the personal properties in the name of the corporate debtor.

Insolvency Resolution by Operational Creditor (Section 8)

An operational creditor as defined under s 5(20) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code as a person to whom an operational debt is owed and includes any person to whom such debt has been legally assigned or transferred

Financial Creditor & Operational Creditor within the scope of Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2017

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.