No provision in the Code which allows withdrawal of an approved Resolution Plan & the successful Resolution Plan incorporates contractual terms binding the Resolution Applicant but it is not a contract of personal service which may be legally unenforceable – Kundan Care Products Ltd. Vs. Mr. Amit Gupta Resolution Professional – NCLAT New Delhi
September 30, 2020
NCLAT held that:
(i) There is no provision in the IBC entitling the Successful Resolution Applicant to seek withdrawal after its Resolution Plan stands approved by the Committee of Creditors with requisite majority;
(ii) The successful Resolution Plan incorporates contractual terms binding the Resolution Applicant but it is not a contract of personal service which may be legally unenforceable;
(iii) The Resolution Applicant in such case is estopped from wriggling out of the liabilities incurred under the approved Resolution Plan and the principle of estoppel by conduct would apply to it;
(iv) The value of the assets of the Corporate Debtor is bound to have depleted because of passage of time consumed in CIRP and in the event of Successful Resolution Applicant being permitted to walk out with impunity, the Corporate Debtor’s depleting value would leave all stakeholders in a state of devastation.