Prolonged Timelines, 70% Haircut: IBC Needs Reforms

Chennai : The latest controversy involving Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra has brought out the discrepancies in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). The creditors have to take close to 70 per cent haircut on their claims, proceedings prolong for more than double the prescribed timeline and by then most distressed companies lose their value.…

Rapido files insolvency plea against Magicpin over unpaid dues

Rapido has approached the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) against hyperlocal e-commerce company Magicpin over alleged unpaid operational dues of close to ₹10 crore, Business Standard reported. The insolvency application was filed by Roppen Transportation Services Private Limited, the entity that operates Rapido, under Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016. The…

BRIPAN Announces 2026 International Insolvency Conference – THISDAYLIVE

The Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN) has announced plans for its Annual International Insolvency Conference 2026, scheduled to hold 24th and 25th September 2026, in Lagos. The conference, themed ‘Building an Insolvency Architecture for a New World Order’, is expected to bring together insolvency practitioners, regulators, policymakers, judges, legal professionals, financial…

CIRIP engaging BoG to unlock working capital for distressed businesses

Business insolvency practitioners are engaging the Bank of Ghana on measures to enable distressed but viable companies undergoing restructuring to access fresh working capital. This is being led by the Chartered Institute of Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners (CIRIP), which says the lack of post-commencement financing remains one of the major obstacles to successfully rescuing distressed…