Supreme Court of India

Moser Baer Karamchari Union Thr. President Mahesh Chand Sharma v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 6 S.C.R. 85
Bench M. R. Shah and Sanjiv Khanna JJ.
Decided 2 May 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, t he writ petition(s) lack merits and the same deserve to be dismissed and are accordingly dismissed.

Judgment, page 50

From the headnote

Companies Act, 2013: s. 327(7) – Constitutional val idity – Held: s. 327(7) provides that ss. 326 and 327 shall not be applicable in the event of liquidation under the IBC, in view of the enactment of IBC and it applies with respect to the liquidation of a company under the IBC, thus, s. 327(7) cannot be said to be arbitrary and /or violative of Art. 21 – In case of liquidation of a company under IBC, the provisions of s. 53 IBC and other provision s of the IBC shall be applicable as the company is ordered to be li quidated or wound up under the provisions of IBC – Distribution of the assets

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