NCLT Delhi: Adjudicating Authority Can't Consider Settlement Proposal Even With Higher Value After Approval Of Resolution Plan By CoC
Live LawThe National Company Law Tribunal Court V, New Delhi bench comprising Shri Mahendra Khandelwal and Dr. Sanjeev Ranjan held that the Adjudicating Authority cannot consider a Settlement Proposal, even of a higher value than the Resolution Plan, after the approval of the Resolution Plan by the Committee of Creditors. Upon reviewing the minutes of the CoC meetings, NCLT Delhi noted that the CoC had considered the Applicant's Settlement Proposals with the Resolution Plans submitted by other applicants. The Tribunal also pointed out that after the CoC approved the Resolution Plan, the Applicant submitted another Settlement Proposal on 21.03.2023, allegedly higher than the approved Resolution Plan. Therefore, presently, the Tribunal did not accept the Applicant's claim that the Settlement Proposal exceeds the value of the approved Resolution Plan and observed that the acceptance or rejection of such a proposal is within the commercial wisdom of the CoC.