Introduction of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016

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..... ion of one's inability to pay off debt. Untreated insolvency will lead to bankruptcy for non-corporate and liquidation of corporate. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code/IBC) is the umbrella legislation for insolvency resolution of all entities in India both corporate and individuals. The insolvency and liquidation of corporate persons came into force on December 1, 2016. while those .....

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..... o pre-independence legislations the Presidency Towns Insolvency Act, 1909, and the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920. It should be noted that pending notification of the provisions relating to individual insolvency and bankruptcy under the Code, these statutes still continue to apply. For companies, the basic law dealing with their winding up or liquidation was the Companies Act, 1956. Although the .....

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..... s Act, 2013. However, involuntary winding up of companies for non-insolvency-related reasons (for instance, if the company has defaulted on filing financial statements or annual returns for five consecutive financial years) can still be undertaken under the Companies Act, 2013. The Companies Act, 2013, also contains provisions for schemes of financial reconstruction, approved by the National Compa .....

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