[Manas Rohilla and Smruti Kulkarni are 3rd year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) students at the Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar] On 5 October 2023, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) took a proactive stance by releasing the Discussion Paper on Streamlining the Voluntary Liquidation Process (Discussion Paper), proposing amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India...
Restoring Equity: Supreme Court on Liquidator Discretion in IBC Bidding Process
[Priyanshu Mishra is a III year BA, LLB (Hons) student at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru] Recently, in Eva Agro Feeds Pvt Ltd v Punjab National Bank (2023INSC809), the Supreme Court decisively clarified the extent of authority granted to a liquidator in rejecting the final bid within an online bidding process. This legal dispute revolved around the rights of the highest...
Dilemma Surrounding Assignment of Not Readily Realisable Assets (‘NRRA’) under the IBC
[Rohit Sharma is a Partner at Mamta Binani & Associates, Mumbai] By way of a notification dated 13 November 2020, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (‘IBBI’) inserted regulation 37A to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Liquidation Process) Regulations, 2016 (‘Liquidation Process Regulations’), which states as follows: “37A. Assignment of not readily realisable assets. A...
Micro-Consultative Mode in Liquidation: Will Liquidations Become More Efficient?
[Sikha Bansal is Partner at Vinod Kothari & Company and can be reached at [email protected]] The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (‘IBBI’) recently came up with IBBI (Liquidation process) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021 (‘Amendment Regulations’) making certain important changes in the provisions pertaining to the liquidation process under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code...
The Need for Standardizing Valuation Methods in Corporate Insolvency
[Saurabh Agnihotri is a 4th year BA. LLB student and Ayushi Mehta a 4th year BBA. LLB student at Gujarat National Law University] Under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”), valuation of assets is one of the core features dealt with in a corporate insolvency resolution process (“CIRP”). The process of valuation conducted by registered “valuers” or valuation professionals helps...
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