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IBC 2016 created a time-bound framework for financial restructuring or liquidation. Section 7 allows financial creditors to file for CIRP based on default; Section 9 allows operational creditors after demand notice; Section 10 allows the corporate debtor itself. Once admitted by NCLT, a moratorium under Section 14 freezes recovery actions, an Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) is appointed, and a Committee of Creditors (CoC) decides on resolution plans. Statutory CIRP timeline is 180 days extendable to 330 days. NCLT benches at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, and Chandigarh.
Statutory reference
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016
For creditors, the IBC works as much through leverage as liquidation. An operational creditor owed ₹1 crore or more serves a Section 8 demand notice; the debtor has 10 days to pay or show a pre-existing dispute, failing which a Section 9 petition can be filed at the NCLT bench for the debtor's registered-office state. A very large share of these matters settle at or before admission — because admission hands the company to a resolution professional, imposes a moratorium, and freezes the promoters out. Financial creditors file under Section 7 on default; homebuyers qualify as financial creditors subject to the 100-allottee-or-10% class threshold. For debtors, the 10-day reply showing a genuine pre-existing dispute is the single defence that kills a petition at the threshold — and once inside CIRP, timely claim filing with the RP decides how much anyone recovers.
Worked example
A Gurgaon component manufacturer is owed ₹1.8 crore by an auto-parts buyer that has stalled payment for a year with no dispute ever raised in writing. Its lawyer serves a Section 8 demand notice; the buyer's reply alleges quality issues for the first time — with no prior correspondence to back it. The Section 9 petition is filed at NCLT Chandigarh (the buyer is Haryana-registered). Facing likely admission and loss of the company, the promoters settle at ₹1.55 crore in two tranches before the first effective hearing, and the petition is withdrawn. Time from notice to first payment: four months.
Related practice areas
Consolidated insolvency and bankruptcy framework for companies, partnerships, and individuals. Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) under Sections 7, 9, 10 administered by NCLT.
IBC is governed by Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016. IBC 2016 created a time-bound framework for financial restructuring or liquidation. Section 7 allows financial creditors to file for CIRP based on default; Section 9 allows operational creditors after demand notice; Section 10 allows the corporate debtor itself. Once admitted by NCLT, a moratorium under Section 14 freezes recovery actions, an Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) is appointed, and a Committee of Creditors (CoC) decides on resolution plans. Statutory CIRP timeline is 180 days extendable to 330 days. NCLT benches at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, and Chandigarh.
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