Ghanashyam Mishra And Sons Private ... vs Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction ... on 13 April, 2021
In Ghanashyam Mishra And Sons
(supra), it was held that, (i) That once a resolution plan is duly approved
by the Adjudicating Authority under sub section (1) of Section 31, the
claims as provided in the resolution plan shall stand frozen and will be
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binding on the Corporate Debtor and its employees, members, creditors,
including the Central Government, any State Government or any local
authority, guarantors and other stakeholders. On the date of approval of
resolution plan by the Adjudicating Authority, all such claims, which are
not a part of resolution plan, shall stand extinguished and no person will
be entitled to initiate or continue any proceedings in respect to a claim,
which is not part of the resolution plan; (ii) 2019 amendment to Section
31 of the I&B Code is clarificatory and declaratory in nature and therefore
will be effective from the date on which I&B Code has come into effect;
and (iii) Consequently all the dues including the statutory dues owed to
the Central Government, any State Government or any local authority, if
not part of the resolution plan, shall stand extinguished and no
proceedings in respect of such dues for the period prior to the date on
which the Adjudicating Authority grants its approval under Section
31 could be continued.