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1 - 10 of 14 (3.36 seconds)Section 31 in The Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 [Entire Act]
K. Sashidhar vs Indian Overseas Bank on 5 February, 2019
15. Thus it is clear that the Adjudicating Authority is having limited power
of judicial scrutiny under Section 31, which has to remain within the four
corners of Section 30(2) of the Code and the same cannot, in any
circumstance, trespass upon the commercial wisdom of the CoC. The
directions of the Adjudicating Authority for re-bidding, after the approval of
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Resolution Plan by the requisite majority, is not in consonance with the law
laid down by Hon‟ble Supreme Court in K. Shashidhar (supra) case, as a
Resolution Plan is neither a sale nor an auction but it all depends on the
"commercial wisdom" of the individual financial creditors or their collective
decision before the adjudicating authority and „that is made non-justiciable‟.
Committee Of Creditors Of Essar Steel ... vs Satish Kumar Gupta & Ors on 3 January, 2019
"28. The Appellate Authority has, in our opinion, proceeded on
equitable perception rather than commercial wisdom. On the face of it,
release of assets at a value 20% below its liquidation value arrived at by
the valuers seems inequitable. Here, we feel the Court ought to cede
ground to the commercial wisdom of the creditors rather than assess the
resolution plan on the basis of quantitative analysis. Such is the scheme
of the Code. Section 31(1) of the Code lays down in clear terms that for
final approval of a resolution plan, the Adjudicating Authority has to
be satisfied that the requirement of Sub-section (2) of Section 30
of the Code has been complied with. The proviso to Section 31(1)
of the Code stipulates the other point on which an Adjudicating
Authority has to be satisfied. That factor is that the resolution
plan has provisions for its implementation. The scope of
interference by the Adjudicating Authority in limited judicial
review has been laid down in the case of Essar Steel (supra), the
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relevant passage (para 54) of which we have reproduced in earlier
part of this judgment. The case of MSL in their appeal is that they
want to run the company and infuse more funds. In such
circumstances, we do not think the Appellate Authority ought to
have interfered with the order of the Adjudicating Authority in
directing the successful Resolution Applicant to enhance their
fund inflow upfront.
Section 32 in The Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 [Entire Act]
Macquarie Bank Limited vs Shilpi Cable Technologies Ltd on 15 December, 2017
45. As has already been seen hereinabove, it is the Adjudicating
Authority which first admits an application by a financial or operational
creditor, or by the corporate debtor itself under Section 7, 9 and 10 of
the Code. Once this is done, within the parameters fixed by the Code,
and as expounded upon by our judgments in Innoventive Industries
Ltd. v. ICICI Bank, (2018) 1 SCC 407 and Macquarie Bank Ltd. v. Shilpi
Cable Technologies Ltd., (2018) 2 SCC 674, the Adjudicating Authority
then appoints an interim resolution professional who takes
administrative decisions as to the day to day running of the corporate
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debtor; collation of claims and their admissions; and the calling for
resolution plans in the manner stated above. After a resolution plan
is approved by the requisite majority of the Committee of
Creditors, the aforesaid plan must then pass muster of the
Adjudicating Authority under Section 31(1) of the Code. The
Adjudicating Authority's jurisdiction is circumscribed by Section
30(2) of the Code.
Indian Bank vs V. Venkatachalam on 8 April, 2019
13. Further, the Hon‟ble Supreme Court in case of Maharashtra Seamless
Limited Vs. Padmanabhan Venkatesh & Others Civil Appeal No.4242 of
2019 judgment dated 22nd January 2020 has held that: