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Successful resolution applicants cannot be allowed to withdraw offer: NCLAT

A three-member NCLAT bench said the sanctity of resolution process has to be maintained and such withdrawal by a successful bidder "frustrate" the entire exercise of CIRP

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

The NCLAT has said once a resolution plan for a debt-ridden company is approved by the lenders, then the successful bidder cannot be permitted to withdraw its offer.

A three-member NCLAT bench said the sanctity of resolution process has to be maintained and such withdrawal by a successful bidder "frustrate" the entire exercise of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP).

Moreover, there is also no express provision in the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code to allow any successful resolution applicant to "stage a U-turn", it added.

"We are of the considered opinion that the sanctity of resolution process has to be maintained and the resolution