Can a New Resolution Applicant be brought in or substituted with another Resolution Applicant, after approval of a Resolution Plan u/s 31 of IBC? – UV Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd. and Anr. Vs. Aircel Ltd. – Supreme Court
A 3-Judge Bench of Hon’ble Supreme Court has upheld the decision of NCLAT where NCLAT fully agreed with the reasons given by the Adjudicating Authority for rejecting the application filed by the Appellant for substituting another Resolution Applicant in place of the Appellant. When plan of the Appellant as Resolution Applicant was approved, the Adjudicating Authority rightly refused to substitute another Resolution Applicant, in which order no infirmity is found