IBC Doesn’t Mandate Higher Resolution Plan Value in Comparison to Liquidation Value | NCLAT

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Resolution Plan

Case Details: Manesh Agarwal v. Pramod Kumar Sharma, Resolution Professional of B.B. Foods (P.) Ltd. - [2023] 153 taxmann.com 752 (NCLAT-New Delhi)

Judiciary and Counsel Details

    • Justice Ashok Bhushan, Chairperson & Naresh Salecha, Technical Member
    • Krishnendu Datta, Sr. Advocate, Kumar Anurag Singh, Shwetank Singh & Ms Neha Agarwal, Advs. for the Appellant.
    • Abhijeet Sinha, Saif Ali, Aditya Shukla, Arvind Nayar, Sr. Advocate, Akshay Joshi, Abhishek Kumar, Shubham Pandey & Nilotpal Shaym for the Respondent.

Facts of the Case

In the instant case, the CIRP was initiated against the corporate debtor by the Adjudicating Authority (NCLT) and the Resolution Professional (RP) was appointed. The appellant (i.e. suspended director of the corporate debtor) submitted a settlement offer u/s 12A of the IBC before the CoC of the corporate debtor.

NCLAT Held

However, the resolution plan submitted by the resolution applicant/R2 was approved by the CoC and the same was submitted by the RP before the NCLT. The appellant filed an application before the NCLT challenging the said resolution plan. The NCLT passed two separate orders i.e. impugned orders approving the resolution plan of R2 and rejecting the application filed by the appellant.

Aggrieved by the said orders, the appellant filed an instant appeal submitting that R2 was ineligible u/s 29A of the IBC since its director/R3 was the managing director of companies allowed to be liquidated under UK laws, which adversely affected the eligibility of R2.

Further, the appellant raised an issue on non-consideration of the settlement offer and also that the resolution offer of the R2 was lower than the liquidation value of the corporate debtor as well as the settlement offer amount.

It was noted that R3 was serving as director in other UK-based company and he would not have been allowed to continue in the said company, had he remained ineligible as per UK Laws. Thus, there was no error in the impugned order and the instant appeal was to be dismissed.

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