Introduction:

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India amended regulations regarding Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process wherein it has stated that the resolution plans with respect to Section 30 and Section 31 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, will be required to contain details of the resolution applicant as well as the connected Persons.

Introduction

The term ‘dispute’ assumes great importance under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code). This is because under Section 9(5)(ii)(d) of the Code, an operational creditor’s application for initiating corporate insolvency is liable to be rejected if a ‘notice of dispute’ in relation to ‘existence of a dispute’ is received by such an operational creditor from a corporate debtor. The term ‘dispute’ is defined in Section 5(6) and referred to in Section 8(2) of the Code in the following manner:

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in its meeting today has taken decisions that will make M&A and private investment in public equity (PIPE) transactions easier.

Open Offer Exemption for Distressed Public M&A

Debt recovery in India has been a challenge with creditors and debtors disputing rights and obligations in legal wrangles under various provisions under applicable laws making the process time consuming and costly.

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In its recent judgment of Kirusa Software Private Ltd. vs. Mobilox Innovations Private Ltd. Company Appeal (AT) (Insolvency) 6 of 2017, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal of India (“Appellate Tribunal”) has adjudicated upon the issue as to what does “dispute” and “existence of dispute” mean for the purpose of determination of a petition under Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“Code”).

Introduction:

In its first detailed ruling on some of the substantive legal questions under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code), the Hon’ble Supreme Court (Apex Court) has delivered a landmark order in the matter of Innoventive Industries Ltd v ICICI Bank and Another with an expressly avowed objective of ensuring that all the courts and tribunals across the country take notice of a ‘paradigm shift in the law’ ushered in by the Code.

Brief Background

Introduction

In 2016 India overhauled its existing legal framework on bankruptcy and insolvency processes and the new Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 – aimed at streamlining the bankruptcy resolution process – was enacted.