Supreme Court of India

Chitra Sharma and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 12 S.C.R. 1044
Bench Dipak Misra, A. M. Khanwilkar and Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud JJ.
Decided 9 August 2018

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that it is but appropriate and to do complete justice to secure the interests of all concerned that the CIRP should be revived and CoC reconstituted as per the amended provisions to include the home buyers.

Judgment, page 36

From the headnote

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – ss.3(30), 3(31), 5(7), 5(8), 7, 17, 18, 20, 21(6) and 21(6A)(b) – JIL, a high-tech township developer defaulted in r epayment of its dues to IDBI bank – Bank sought the initiation of a Corporate Insolvency Resolution Pr ocess (CIRP) against JIL – For submission of claims, JIL separated home buyers fr om financial and operational cr editors – W rit Petition by home buyers who pleaded that their inter est was getting ignor ed as only financial and operational cr editors wer e r ecognized by CIRP – They fur ther pleaded for pr o-rata disbursement of the

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