Operational Debt Includes Advance Payment Made to a Corporate Debtor for the supply of Goods or Services: SC

A debt arising from an advance payment given to a corporate debtor for the supply of goods or services would be deemed an operational debt.

Mobilization Advance is Financial Debt or Operational Debt?

Mobilization Advance is an Operational Debt and not a Financial Debt referring to the abovementioned Supreme Court Judgement.

Whether the license fee can be claimed as Operational Debt

In the present case, debt pertaining to unpaid license fee was fully covered within the meaning of ‘operation debt’ under Section 5(21), and the Adjudicating Authority committed an error in holding that the debt claimed by the Operational Creditor is not an ‘operational debt’

Claim amount towards interest on loan alone cannot be termed as Operational Debt

A pre-existing dispute towards interest on the delayed payments before the issuance of the demand notice and that the alleged claim amount towards interest on loan alone, cannot be termed as an “Operational Debt”.

Employee Benefits Constitute Operational Debt

A claim was made in respect of the non-payment of pending salary and other settlement benefits such as leave encashment, Leave Travel Allowance, and bonus.

Claims towards the lease of immovable property do not fall within the definition of Operational Debt under IBC

NCLAT, New Delhi Bench has held that claims towards rent of leasehold property do not fall within the definition of the operational debt under IBC.

How Operational Creditors can revive their time-barred debt: An analysis of the Mekko Steel Case

There is a certainty that the time-barred debt can be revived even after the lapse of an initial period of limitation which is 3 years.

Claim for damages cannot be an Operational Debt under IBC- Flipkart Analysis

The Hon’ble Karnataka High Court on Oct 25, 2019, stayed the insolvency proceedings on the grounds that the Tribunal lacked jurisdiction to adjudicate a claim for damages. 

Amount paid towards lease of immovable property not an Operational Debt- NCLAT

Claims towards rent of leasehold property do not fall within the definition of the operational debt in terms of Section 5(21) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

Catalyzing Compliance: Procedural Framework for Insolvency Professionals in Accessing Income Tax Portals for Corporate Debtors

The designation and subsequent empowerment of an Insolvency Professional (IP) within the framework of a Corporate Debtor entail an array of responsibilities primarily focused on the effective management of the corporate entity.

Interim Finance – A Source of Operational Funding under IBC

interim finance can be raised by the resolution professional appointed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). The resolution professional is authorized to raise interim finance after obtaining approval from the Committee of Creditors (CoC).

IBC Pecuniary Threshold: – Interest Component to Be Merged with Principal Debt?

The interest component can include in the principal debt to acquire a minimum threshold limit i.e., 1 crore if delayed payment stipulated in the agreement or invoice.

NOIDA: A FINANCIAL CREDITOR OR AN OPERATIONAL CREDITOR

Both operational creditors and financial creditors own certain advantages over each other. But Financial creditors are given some priorities over other creditors such as they are members of the creditor’s committee and have voting power etc and operational is not a member of the creditor’s committee.

Debt without interest is also “Financial Debt” under IBC– Supreme Court

‘Financial Debt’ would have to be construed to include interest free loans advanced to finance the business operations of a corporate body.