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Ideal Institute of Management and Technology is organizing a debate competition on the Legal Implications of Abortion Laws.

ABOUT

Ideal Institute of Management and Technology was established in the year 1999 under the auspices of the New Millennium Education Society. The institute is affiliated with Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, and its professional courses in Law and Business Administration are recognized by the Bar Council of India and the Government of NCT, Delhi.

ELIGIBILITY

• The Competition is open to all colleges/university students from all countries. Students enrolled in any UG/PG course are eligible to participate in the competition.
• Each team shall comprise two participants with one speaking for and the other against the motion.
• The motions will be framed keeping in mind the interests of all the participants.

STRUCTURE

• The format of the debate will be based upon the Lincoln-Douglas model of debating with a few modifications.
• Participants are encouraged to register in a team of two under the banner of their respective institutions.
• An institution shall be allowed to send a maximum of two teams for the competition.
• Each participant shall be allotted a maximum of 5 minutes to speak (4 minutes for constructive speech and 1 minute for rebuttal).
• Exceeding the time limit shall prejudice the team’s overall score.
• Participants can choose the medium for the debate as English/Hindi.  Switching the chosen language is strictly prohibited.

PRIZES

• Best Speaker: Rs. 5000/
• Runner Up Speaker: Rs. 3000/-
• 2nd Runner Up Speaker: Rs. 2000/-
• Winning Team: Rs. 3000/-

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The Supreme Court had recently delivered its judgment in the case of Phoenix Arc Private Limited v Spade Financial Services & Ors. This judgment was headed by Justice DY Chandrachud. Further, the judgment was also divided into sections in order to facilitate better analysis.

A. The Appeals

There were 2 sets of appeals that were made in this case. Initially, the NCLT had held that AAA Landmark Pvt. Ltd. and Spade have to be excluded from the CoC which was formed in relation to the CIRP initiated against AKME Projects Limited. It was primarily done because of the fact that NCLT had held that the following entities cannot be held as financial creditors as they were related parties of the Corporate debtor and hence must be excluded from the CoC. NCLAT had reversed the decision that they were not the related parties to the Corporate Debtor but held that they can be considered as financial creditors.

B. CIRP for the Corporate Debtor

On April 2018 a CIRP was initiated against the Corporate Debtor. In which Spade, along with its subsidiary AAA had filed their claims against the Corporate Debtor. In the CoC, the IRP rejected the claim of Spade stating that its claim cannot be considered within the scope of financial debt under section 5(8) of the IBC as there was an absence of consideration for the time value of money. Further, the claim of AAA was also rejected on the ground that its claim of being considered as the financial creditor was filed after the expiry of the period stipulated for the filing of such claim.

C. Whether Spade and AAA are Financial Creditors of the Corporate Debtor

Under section 5(7) of the IBC, a person can be held as a financial creditor if a financial debt is owed to it. Further, under section 5(8), a financial debt will be disbursed against consideration for the time value of money. The court in Swiss Ribbons Pvt. Ltd. v UoI has defined these terms in its judgment. Further, reliance was also made on the case Pioneer Urban Lands and Infrastructure Ltd. vs UoI which defined the terms “disbursed” and “time value for money”. The court also considered the Insolvency Law Committee’s interpretation of “time value” to mean as compensation or the price paid for the length of time for which the money has been disbursed.

D. Whether Spade and AAA are related parties

In order to understand the relation of Spade and AAA with the Corporate Debtor, it was crucial for the court to understand the relation between Anil Nanda and Arun Anand. After submissions by the counsels of both the parties and the evidences submitted before the tribunals as well, the court came to the conclusion that the transactions between AAA and the Corporate Debtor were collusive in nature and AAA along with Spade were related parties to the Corporate Debtor.

E. Whether Spade and AAA can be excluded from the CoC

The court held in the present case that AAA and Spade were related parties within the meaning of section 5(24) of the IBC. Further, there also existed a long-standing relationship between Mr. Arun Anand and Mr. Anil Nanda. Hence, the transactions between AAA and Spade with the Corporate Debtor could be considered to be collusive in nature. Which further means that allowing the entities in the CoC would definitely have an effect over the other financial creditors.

The court held in its decision that:

1. The decision of the NCLAT, in as much as it referred to Spade and AAA as financial creditors, is set aside.
2. The decision of the NCLAT, in as much as it referred to Spade and AAA as related parties of the Corporate Debtor under Section 5(24), is affirmed.
3. The decision of the NCLAT, in as much as it excluded Spade and AAA from the CoC in accordance with the first proviso of Section 21(2), is affirmed

Reported By – Tanuj Sharma