Supreme Court of India

Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited v. Mr. Amit Gupta & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 13 S.C.R. 611
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 8 March 2021

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What the Court ordered

We hold that: (i) The NCLT/NCLAT could have exercised jurisdiction under section 60(5)(c) of the IBC to stay the termination of the PPA by the appellant, since the appellant sought to terminate the PPA under Article 9.2.1(e) only on account of the CIRP being initiated against the Corporate Debtor; GUJARAT URJA VIKAS NIGAM LTD. v.

Judgment, page 125

From the headnote

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – ss. 10, 31, 60(5), 61, 238 – Power Purchase Agreement – Corporate Inso lvency Resolution Process – Jurisdiction of NCLT over contractual dispute – The appellant allocated a 25-megawatt capacity to the Corporate Debtor for developing and setting up a solar photov oltaic based power project – The appellant and the corporate deb tor entered into a PPA on 30.04.2010, according to which the appellant was t o purchase all the power generated by the corporate debtor – Due to floods and heavy rainfall in 2015 then again in 2017 , Plant was severely damaged –

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