Initiation of CIRP of the Corporate Debtor is not a prerequisite for maintainability of an application under Section 95 of the IBC, 2016 filed for initiating Insolvency Resolution Process against the Personal Guarantor of that Corporate Debtor before the NCLT – E. Iqbal Vs. State Bank of India – NCLT Kochi Bench

The Adjudicating Authority holds that in a situation where Application(s) in relation to the Corporate Debtor for initiation of CIRP is pending at National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) then, initiation of CIRP of the Corporate Debtor is not a prerequisite for maintainability of an application under Section 95 of the IBC, 2016 filed for initiating Insolvency Resolution Process against the Personal Guarantor of that Corporate Debtor before the NCLT.

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