Sec. 238 of the IBC will prevail over any of the provisions of SARFAESI Act, 2002 if it is inconsistent with any of the provisions of the IBC- Encore Asset Reconstruction Company Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Ms. Charu Sandeep Desai & Ors.-NCLAT
Section 18 of the ‘I&B Code’ deals with ‘Duties of Interim Resolution Professional’. As per which, it is the duty of the ‘Interim Resolution Professional’ to take over the control and custody of any assets over which the ‘Corporate Debtor’ has ‘ownership rights’ as recorded in the balance sheet of the ‘Corporate Debtor’ which includes the assets that may or may not be in possession of the ‘Corporate Debtor. The term “assets” do not include the assets owned by a third party in possession of the ‘Corporate Debtor’It is the duty of the ‘Interim Resolution Professional’ to take control and custody of any asset over which the ‘Corporate Debtor’ has “ownership rights” as recorded in the balance sheet of the ‘Corporate Debtor’. Even if it is not in possession of the ‘Corporate Debtor’, a person who is in possession of the same is bound to hand over the same to the ‘Resolution Professional’, when title still vests with ‘Corporate Debtor’.
