07/06/2017
Insolvency Professional is appointed to conduct insolvency resolution process in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016.
When any Corporate debtor (Company or LLP) fails to pay dues on due date then it defaults for payment on time, which triggers the Insolvency and Bankruptcy code, 2016 and Financial and Operation creditors can start process to recover their dues under the said code.
The role Insolvency Professional starts when a corporate debtor defaults in making payment due to a Financial Creditor or operational creditor defined as under:
(A) "operational creditor" means a person to whom an operational debt is owed and includes any person to whom such debt has been legally assigned or transferred;
"operational debt" means a claim in respect of the provision of goods or services including employment or a debt in respect of the repayment of dues arising under any law for the time being in force and payable to the Central Government, any State Government or any local authority;
(B) "financial creditor" means any person to whom a financial debt is owed and includes a
person to whom such debt has been legally assigned or transferred to;
"financial debt" means a debt alongwith interest, if any, which is disbursed against the consideration for the time value of money and includes—
(a) money borrowed against the payment of interest;
(b) any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or its de-materialised equivalent;
(c) any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument;
(d) the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract which is deemed as a finance or capital lease under the Indian Accounting Standards or such other accounting standards as may be prescribed;
(e) receivables sold or discounted other than any receivables sold on nonrecourse basis;
(f) any amount raised under any other transaction, including any forward sale or purchase agreement, having the commercial effect of a borrowing;
(g) any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price and for calculating the value of any derivative transaction, only the market value of such transaction shall be taken into account;
(h) any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond, documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution;
(i) the amount of any liability in respect of any of the guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in sub-clauses (a) to (h) of this clause;