No bar to Initiate Insolvency Proceedings pendency the action under SARFAESI Act or RDBFI Act

The pendency of actions under the SARFAESI Act or actions under the RDDBFI Act, 1993 does not create an obstruction for applying Section 7 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016, especially given Section 238 of IBC.

Claim amount towards interest on loan alone cannot be termed as Operational Debt

A pre-existing dispute towards interest on the delayed payments before the issuance of the demand notice and that the alleged claim amount towards interest on loan alone, cannot be termed as an “Operational Debt”.

Employee Benefits Constitute Operational Debt

A claim was made in respect of the non-payment of pending salary and other settlement benefits such as leave encashment, Leave Travel Allowance, and bonus.

Claims towards the lease of immovable property do not fall within the definition of Operational Debt under IBC

NCLAT, New Delhi Bench has held that claims towards rent of leasehold property do not fall within the definition of the operational debt under IBC.

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.

High Court to intervene against orders of the NCLT

A judgement has been held by Hon’ble Supreme Court that the powers of the NCLT under the IBC do not extend to adjudicating disputes relating to quasi- judicial or statutory authorities.

Remedy for Companies after strike-off order passed by ROC

All the struck–off companies can approach NCLT under section 252 of the company act for the revival of the struck-off company against the order of ROC.

Insolvency Petition can’t be rejected if dispute is raised after Demand Notice

It was held that if the dispute is raised after the time period allowed in the demand notice, then this may not be a ground for rejecting the insolvency petition by operational creditor.

Jurisdiction and Powers of NCLT

National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) were established due to the notification w.e.f. June 01, 2016, published by Ministry of corporate affairs.

Exemption from the strict adherence to the timeline of 270 days of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016

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.

Applicability of the limitation act on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

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.

Persons upon whom the Insolvency code is applied

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.

Inordinate delays demolishing the purpose of 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.

Mobilox v Kirusa- Supreme Court interprets ‘existence of dispute’ as per IBC

The Supreme Court of India in Mobilox Innovations Private Limited v Kirusa Software Private Limited has finally settled the widely debated question of what constitutes “existence of a dispute”.