Corporate Guarantees Executed By Corporate Debtor Constitute “Financial Debt” U/S 5(8) IBC: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that liabilities arising from corporate guarantees squarely constitute “financial debt” within the meaning of Section 5(8) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC). In a significant win for the State Bank of India (SBI) consortium, the Court held that the mere non-disclosure of such guarantees in a debtor’s financial…

