The Hon'ble NCLT, Principal Bench in the matter of UKG Steel Private Limited Vs. M/s. Erotic Buildcon Private Limited held that loan advanced by Financial Creditor in violation of Section 186 of Companies Act, 2013 leads to a debt which cannot be legally enforceable and thereby dismissed the CIRP Application filed under Section 7 of IBC, 2016.

Mr Yashraj Singh summarised the order and its rationale and leaves us with a food for thought as to whether this order is a wakeup call for companies who are advancing loans by violating section 186 of Companies Act 2013.

In this episode, Mr Raymond Albyness discusses an interesting ruling by NCLT, Chennai wherein the Hon'ble NCLT invoked its powers under Section 66 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 for contravention of moratorium.

Mr Divyansh Dev delved into the ingredients of Section 32A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 which provides for immunity from any criminal prosecution against the Corporate Debtor and protection to the properties of the Corporate Debtor for the offences committed before the Insolvency Commencement Date. 

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The Indian Variant of Pre-Packs is designed specifically for MSMEs and there are certain key areas which need focused discussion. In our special episode we had the privilege of hosting Ms. Shreya Prakash who shared her views on the key issues highlighted by VL team. 

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The issue on whether limiting the application of provisions of Part-III to Personal Guarantors to Corporate Debtor is valid, has come to a conclusion with the recent order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Lalit Kumar Jain vs. UoI & Ors.

Listen to our Podcast for the case study on Lalit Kumar Jain vs. UoI & Ors.

Does the proposal of the Resolution Applicant to change the business of the Corporate Debtor fail the feasibility and viability test under the Code? What exactly is "feasibility and viability"? 

To know more on this, listen to this episode by Aditya.

In this Episode, Mr Vineeth attempts to address an important issue as to whether PF dues are considered as Statutory Dues i.e. Operational Debt or as third-party assets which have super priority charge over the estate of the Corporate Debtor? 

In this episode, we will take you through a significant ruling by the Hon'ble Supreme Court clarifying the issue as to whether minimum payment payable to Dissenting Financial Creditors shall be in cash or monetary terms or in any other manner apart from cash?

In a recent ruling of NCLAT in the matter of Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. Vs. Bhuvesh Maheshwari and Ors., it was observed that in the event the Secured Creditor holding priority charge elects to relinquish its security interest then the priority status of such secured creditor is lost and shall rank equally with other Secured Creditors. The Podcast attempts to capture the existing position and the need for protection of priority rights inter-se Secured Creditors.