The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) New Delhi bench of Justice Yogesh Khanna (Judicial Member) and Mr. Ajai Das Mehrotra (Technical Member) has held that the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) is empowered to decide an issue whether Successful Resolution Applicant (SRA) is liable to pay Pre-Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) electricity dues after the approval of the resolution plan and taking over of the corporate debtor under section 60(5)(c) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code).
Brief Facts:
The Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) was initiated against Akums Lifesciences (Corporate Debtor) by an order dated 23.08.2018. The resolution plan was approved on…
