Select Committee Report on IBC Amendment Bill 2025

Brief Context

Context The Chairperson of the Select Committee of Lok Sabha presented the Report on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2025 to the Lower House. Recommendations of Select Committee The Committee has proposed fixing a three-month time limit for the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) to decide insolvency appeals. The definition of the term ‘service provider’ be suitably modified to include ‘registered valuer’ to the list of entities that are provided under the IBC, a

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Context

• The Chairperson of the Select Committee of Lok Sabha presented the Report on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2025 to the Lower House.

Recommendations of Select Committee 

• The Committee has proposed fixing a three-month time limit for the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) to decide insolvency appeals. 
• The definition of the term ‘service provider’ be suitably modified to include ‘registered valuer’ to the list of entities that are provided under the IBC, and the definition for ‘registered valuer’ be suitably inserted.
  • It also suggested that to maintain coherence, appropriate references to ‘registered valuer’ be included where the term service provider is used in the Amendment Bill and at all relevant places where it has a consequential effect. 
• On the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP), the committee proposed widening the definition of a resolution plan to allow more than one resolution plan for a corporate debtor undergoing CIRP.

Key Provisions of the Bill

• Mandatory Admission of CIRP: The bill mandates that the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) must admit an insolvency application within 14 days if the default is proven and the application is complete, removing judicial discretion on this timeline.
• Creditor-Initiated Insolvency Resolution Process (CIIRP): A new, largely out-of-court process for specific financial creditors has been introduced.
  • In this process, management remains with the debtor under the oversight of a Resolution Professional (RP), with a goal of completion within 150 days.
• Enhanced Role for Committee of Creditors (CoC) in Liquidation: The CoC is empowered to supervise the liquidation process and appoint or replace the liquidator, shifting control away from a solely NCLT-appointed liquidator.
• Streamlined Withdrawals: Withdrawal of an insolvency application is only permitted after the CoC is formed and before the first invitation for resolution plans, requiring 90% CoC approval to prevent tactical delays.

Source: AIR