Employees’ State Insurance Amount Lying with Corporate Debtor Not Part of Liquidation Estate: NCLAT [Read Order]S

The Principal Bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) at New Delhi recently clarified that the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) amount lying with a corporate debtor during liquidation proceedings is not part of the liquidation estate as per the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC). The ruling was rendered by the appellate tribunal…

Long liquidation battle of Punj Lloyd

The liquidation saga of engineering major Punj Lloyd Limited, once a powerhouse in the EPC sector, continues to be characterized by a prolonged and complex asset sale process. The company’s journey under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has seen repeated failures to find a buyer for the entire entity as a ‘going concern,’ contrasting…

Judges, lawyers push insolvency reforms at BRIPAN conference

Judges, lawyers, and business recovery experts have called for urgent reforms to Nigeria’s insolvency framework, stressing that effective restructuring mechanisms were critical to rescuing distressed businesses and safeguarding jobs, Anne Agbi reports. Nigeria’s insolvency ecosystem must evolve beyond liquidation and punitive approaches if businesses are to survive the country’s turbulent economy, judges, lawyers, and business…

Navigating construction industry insolvency: Monitoring insolvent trading risks

According to the latest statistics from ASIC, the construction industry has faced sustained and accelerating financial distress over the past four years. Since the financial year 2021–22, the number of insolvency appointments has almost tripled, with nearly 4,900 cases in FY24–25 alone. And, the 744 cases already recorded for FY25–26 indicate the construction industry continues…