The National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai bench comprising Prabhat Kumar (Technical Member) and Justice V. G. Bisht (Judicial Member) have held that any payments made from the Corporate Debtor’s account after the commencement of the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) without the Interim Resolution Professional’s (IRP) approval are in contravention of the moratorium under Section 14 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (the Code). The Tribunal directed Respondents to refund amounts totaling Rs. 10,01,80,000 and directed the Liquidator to notify IBBI for proceedings under Section 74(1) of the Code.
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Mr. Ashish Arjunkumar Rathi (Resolution Professional/Applicant) filed the application seeking …