In application u/s 7 financial creditor and corporate debtor alone are necessary parties and no third party is contemplated

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Corporate insolvency resolution process

Case details: Vekas Kumar Garg v. DMI Finance (P.) Ltd. - [2021] 129 taxmann.com 391 (NCLAT- New Delhi)

Judiciary and Counsel Details

    • Justice Bansi Lal Bhat, Acting Chairperson and Dr. Ashok Kumar Mishra, Technical Member.
    • Dhruv GuptaMs. Preeti Kashyap and Ankit Sharma, Advs. for the Appellant.

Facts of the Case

In this instant case, the CIRP under section 7 was started against the corporate debtor by Adjudicating Authority/NCLT. The Appellant/Resolution Professional of the corporate debtor filed an application for his impleadment as a necessary party.

NCLT Held

However, the NCLT rejected the appellant’s application on the ground that the appellant was not a necessary party to proceedings as financial creditor and corporate debtor alone were a necessary party and Adjudicating Authority was, at the pre-admission stage, only required to satisfy that there was a financial debt in respect whereof corporate debtor has committed a default warranting triggering of CIRP; no third party intervention was contemplated. Therefore, there was no legal infirmity in the impugned order passed by Adjudicating Authority

Case Review

    • DMI Finance (P.) Ltd. v. Abloom Infotech (P.) Ltd. [2021] 129 taxmann.com 390 (NCLT – New Delhi) (para 5) affirmed

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