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Principal Associate in the Dispute Resolution practice at the Delhi-NCR office of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. She has represented and advised Indian and multinational clients across a wide variety of fora in India. She has significant experience in complex arbitration matters, commercial disputes, company law, white collar crime, and employment disputes. She can be reached at shreya.som@cyrilshroff.com.

 

After Sunset: Courts on post Rohan Builders

The Supreme Court has resolved the debate on filing for an extension of time period under Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (the “Act”), after the period for rendering an arbitral award has expired. This judgment was rendered in Rohan Builders (India) Private Limited v. Berger Paints India Private Limited, SLP (C) No. 23320 of 2023 (“Rohan Builders”) on September 12, 2024. Given that several months have passed since the judgment, this blog takes a bird’s eye view on disputes under Section 29A of the Act and how the courts have dealt with them post Rohan Builders. Continue Reading After Sunset: Courts on post Rohan Builders 

‘Quasi-judicial’ role of liquidators in treating disputed claims under the IBC

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”) is silent on the treatment of a disputed or contingent claim, which is pending adjudication before a judicial or quasi-judicial body, giving rise to a contentious issue. The decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Committee of Creditors of Essar Steel Limited v. Satish Kumar Gupta[1] brought some clarity vis-à-vis the status of the contingent/ disputed claims for the corporate insolvency resolution process (“CIRP”). The Hon’ble Supreme Court in Essar Steel (supra) upheld a resolution plan, wherein a contingent claim pending adjudication was accorded a notional value of INR 1/-. Subsequently, it became an accepted norm for Resolution Professionals (“RP”) to admit claims that are sub-judice, at a notional value of INR 1/. Though this answers the question of how undisputed claims must be treated by the RP, the Essar judgment also leaves a few issues open to interpretation. Continue Reading ‘Quasi-judicial’ role of liquidators in treating disputed claims under the IBC