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Amended IBC sets threshold for initiating corporate insolvency cases

The IBC has taken a big step in providing a clean slate to buyers of stressed companies

Insolvency and Bankrutcy code IBC
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Ruchika Chitravanshi New Delhi
The government has proposed at least 100 individuals or 10 per cent of creditors such as homebuyers have to come together to initiate corporate insolvency proceedings under the amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).

Adding a clause to Section 7 of the IBC, the IBC Amendment Bill, tabled in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, has proposed to make this change retrospectively.  It seeks to give 30 days for cases where a single homebuyer has taken a company to insolvency to comply with the revised criteria from the time of the commencement of the Act.

The proposed threshold will