Supreme Court of India

State Bank of India v. Union of India

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Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Atul S. Chandurkar JJ.
Decided 13 February 2026

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What the Court ordered

We hold that Spectrum allocated to TSPs and shown in their books of account as an “asset” cannot be subjected to proceedings under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. (B) Civil Appeal No. 1810 of 2021 filed by State Bank of India, Civil Appeal No. 2227 of 2021 filed by (successful resolution applicant of corporate debtor) UV Asset Reconstruction Co.

Judgment, page 67

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 mentioned

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