NCLT registers 43 pc jump in debt resolution cases: IBBI
Insolvency Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) declared 2023-24 as a landmark year, with the National Company Law Tribunal achieving a significant 43 per cent increase in resolutions, jumping from 189 cases last year to 270 this year. The IBBI is expected to submit a report to the government over the next 2-3 months for including «mediation» in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), which is currently under discussion and scrutiny.
The regulator is also working on prepackaged insolvency for large corporate cases, which is only allowed in MSME cases as of now.
For the first time in a year, the number of outputs has increased from the number of inputs, reducing the pendency across India, said Sudhaker Shukla, an IBBI whole-time member, while addressing the CII organised 7th Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code conclave.
He said that despite bottlenecks in the last seven years, resolution of 3.5 lakh crore was achieved, and 27,000 applications worth Rs 10 lakh crore were withdrawn, making the IBC a powerful tool for debt resolution in the country.
Shukla stated that the law has evolved over time and that the interventions to improve it have been remarkable.
«In 2023-24, around 12 amendments and 86 interventions have been made in the IBBI within a single year. This portrays that we are responding to market requirements to bridge the gaps,» he said.
He further added that a sectoral approach has been adopted to address unique problems for a speedy resolution, like in real estate.
«We are trying to follow the sandbox
