Supreme Court of India

State Bank of India & Ors. v. The Consortium of Mr. Murari Lal Jalan and Mr. Florian Fritsch & Anr.

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Reported as [2024] 11 S.C.R. 2039
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 7 November 2024

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the existing insolvency framework in India provides no scope for effecting further modifications or withdrawals of CoC-approved resolution plans, at the behest of the successful resolution applicant, once the plan has been submitted to the adjudicating authority.

Judgment, page 94

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG) could have been adjusted against the first tranche payment which was to be made under the Resolution Plan, within 180 days from the Effective Date, in contravention of the order of this Court dated 18.01.2024, the terms of the Resolution Plan and the provisions of law; In other words, whether the impugned order of the NCLAT allowing the adjustment of the PBG in lieu of payment of the first tranche could be said to be perverse; Whether the non-implementation of the Resolution Plan by the Respondent No.1-Successful Resolution

Where later benches applied it

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