IBC

Parliament passes IBC Bill allowing land authorities in CoC meetings, with around 50,000 homebuyers expected to benefit from pending real estate cases

The amended IBC Bill requires the Committee of Creditors to record reasons for selecting resolution applicants, while introducing timelines for NCLAT and faster approval of plans

Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said in the Lok Sabha that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has been a main and very crucial factor in improving the health of the country's banking sector, including recovery of non-performing assets. Piloting a bill for further amending the IBC in the Lok Sabha, the minister stressed that companies have been doing well and their corporate governance practices have also improved after coming out of the insolvency resolution process. She made the remarks while replying to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2025, as reported by the Select Committee. The Bill has proposed 12 amendments to the IBC, which came into force in 2016. The IBC has been a main and very crucial factor in improving the health of the country's banking sector, Sitharaman said, adding that more than half of the NPAs (Non-Performing Assets) have been recovered by the banks through the resolution process. On August 12, 202

The introduction of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has led to the recovery of over Rs 4 lakh crore in the last decade through the resolution of bankrupt companies, senior BJP MP Anurag Thakur said in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Participating in the debate on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2025, Thakur said IBC is not a recovery mechanism but a revival and resurrection of the company. The IBC enacted in 2016 has done a recovery of 50 per cent, while the SARFAESI Act, 2002 (Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest) has done a recovery of 20 per cent, and the Debts Recovery Tribunals have done a recovery of 10 per cent, he said, adding, "This indicates greater efficiency of IBC." It has changed the debtor-creator relationship and companies and promoters are afraid of getting into insolvency after IBC. Citing instances, he said, about 32,000 applications have been withdrawn and the underlying debt of more

The Supreme Court said CoC's commercial decisions are not immune from scrutiny where illegality or jurisdictional lapses are established

The IBC was designed to address collective action problems and prevent a race for enforcement that destroys going-concern value

Recent proposals by the insolvency regulator aim to increase transparency and accountability in the Committee of Creditors' decisions after the Supreme Court flagged gaps in the IBC process

At a review meeting, the finance ministry directed public sector banks to minimise adjournments and speed up CIRP filings, aiming to accelerate NCLT admission and resolution timelines

IBBI has required information memoranda to include details of all homebuyers, even those who have not filed claims, and introduced reforms to strengthen valuation standards under the IBC

IBBI's discussion paper recommends detailed CoC deliberation records, mandatory going-concern assessments and clarified rules on delayed claims to improve IBC transparency and discipline

Court holds spectrum is a material resource of the community and cannot form part of insolvency asset pool; DoT free to reclaim airwaves from defaulters

The Supreme Court ruled that telecom companies cannot use insolvency law to delay or restructure licence and spectrum dues, saying spectrum is a public resource, not a company asset

Says IBC amendment Bill will come up in second half of Budget session

The Supreme Court has allowed a single insolvency plea against multiple real estate firms where entities are closely linked in a project's execution and operations

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has been a game-changer and has transformed the insolvency landscape by fostering transparency, accountability and efficiency in corporate dispute resolution and laying the foundation of a more resilient and robust economy, Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju said on Wednesday. "Despite these achievements, several challenges still remain, which include timelines of resolutions and liquidations, resulting in value deterioration, low realisations to creditors and capacity constraints at National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)," he said while addressing an event organised by IBBI and Insol India. The seventh amendment -- IBC Amendment Bill 2025, as recommended by the select committee, seeks to address some of these key challenges relating to delays in resolution and liquidation and low recovery rates, he said. "The bill also proposes, inter alia, introduction of provisions on group insolvency process, cross-border insolvency and the ...

India's bad loan problem is easing, but rising delays at the NCLT highlight the urgent need to expand tribunal strength to speed up insolvency resolution

How an out-of-the-box approach helped the company come back from bankruptcy

The IBC must not conflate business failure with malfeasance, or an unfortunate entrepreneur with a fraudulent one

Focused on enforcement over fresh ideas, the IBC amendment Bill seeks to cut delays, curb conflicts of interest and bring greater certainty to insolvency resolutions

RBI data shows banks improved recovery outcomes under the IBC and SARFAESI in 2024-25 even as the number of cases referred for resolution declined