Insolvency Law Firms in Delhi

Are you disturbed and perturbed by your bad debt? Your debtor is avoiding you? Don’t know what to do?

Well, it is a well-known fact that bad debt is an adverse factor and if not recovered, it becomes detrimental to the financial health of the Creditor, be it an individual or a corporate. If your efforts have not brought any positive results and all your pleas have fallen on deaf ears, it is advisable to approach a law firm.

MUDS consultancy firm is one of the most established insolvency law firms in Delhi, with an impeccable reputation. We constantly aspire to understand the clients’ circumstances and requirement and dispense reliable, honest and thoroughgoing legal advice accordingly. Sincerely catering to our clients with professional supremacy, we have been successful in creating a niche for ourselves.

If you are pitched against a corporate debtor who owes you Rs one lakh or more, then an insolvency law firm in Delhi like ours, can be your best bet. We have a highly experienced team of professionals who have assisted individuals, companies and businesses in recovering their debts.

As a creditor you should be aware of your rights as our research has proven that the biggest hurdle in recovery of bad debt is ‘ignorance’, as the aggrieved creditor is either uninformed or misled!

A bad debt, imperative of whether it’s a financial debt or an operational debt, can be recovered through Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, (IBC) the most effective tool. The Code is an amalgam of different earlier codes and provides single window clearance system.

We at MUDS can successfully decode the Code for you as we are an experienced insolvency law firm in Delhi which has brought relief to 165+ clients in similar cases.

Recovery of Debt Services That We Offer In Delhi:

• Initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process by Financial Creditor: Section 7 of IBC
• Application for initiation of corporate insolvency resolution process by Operational Creditor: Section 9 of IBC.
• Summary Suit (Order 37 of the Code of Civil Procedure Code, 1908)
• Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Cheque Bounce cases)

The legal steps from the initiation of the insolvency process till its satisfactory resolution, there is a great deal of legal work to be done. Only an insolvency law firm in Delhi like ours, which has professionals, with extensive experience in the matter, can bring out the best result. We will not only guide but also expedite the entire process, follow it continuously and keep you updated throughout.

Eligibility Criteria To File Recovery of Debt Cases:

1. In case of initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process by Financial Creditor, it should owe the financial debt and the debt should be legally assigned to him and transferred. The Term “Financial Creditor” includes Banks, Financial Institutions, Homebuyers, Enterprise, Corporate Entity or Company (Section 7 of the IBC).

According to Sub-section (1) of the Act, the Financial Creditor either by itself or jointly with other financial creditors may file an application for initiating the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process against a corporate debtor when a default has occurred.

The Adjudicating Authority shall within 14 days of the receipt of the application under sub-section (2), ascertain the existence of the default from the records of the information utility or on the basis of the evidence furnished by the financial creditor under sub-section (3).

Also, where the Adjudicating authority is satisfied that:

• A default has occurred and the application under sub-section (2) is complete, and there are no disciplinary proceedings pending against the proposed resolution professional, it may, by order, admit such application; or
• Default has not occurred or the application under sub-section (2) is incomplete or any disciplinary proceeding is pending against the proposed resolution professional, it may by order, reject such application.

2.  In case of initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process by the Operational Creditor, the Operational Creditor should owe the financial debt and the debt should be legally assigned to him and transferred. The term “Operational Creditor” includes Manufacturers, Traders, Employees (Section 9 of the IBC).

After the expiry of the period of 10 days from the date of delivery of the notice or the invoice demanding payment under (1) of section 8, if the operational creditor does not receive payment from the corporate debtor or the dispute under sub-section (2) of section 8, the operational creditor may file an application before the adjudicating authority for initiating the CIRP process.

The Adjudicating authority shall within 14 days of the receipt of the application under sub-section (2), by an order:

I) Admit the application and communicate such decision to the operational creditor and corporate debtor if,

• The application made under sub-section (2) is complete.
• There is no repayment of the unpaid operational debt.
• The invoice or notice for payment to the corporate debtor has been delivered by the operational creditor.
• No notice of dispute has been received by the operational creditor or there is no record of dispute in the information utility; and
• There are no disciplinary proceedings pending against any resolution professional proposed under sub-section (4).

II) Reject the Application and communicate such decision to the operational creditor and the corporate debtor if,

• The application made under sub-section (2) is incomplete.
• There has been repayment of the unpaid operational debt.
• The Creditor has not delivered the invoice or notice for payment to the corporate debtor.
• Notice of dispute has been received by the operational creditor or there is a record in the information utility.
• Any disciplinary proceeding is pending against any proposed resolution professional.

3.   In case of the Summary Suit under Order 37 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the Creditor shall file the Summary Suit in the respective courts having jurisdiction if there is a suit upon Bills of Exchange, Hundis and Promissory Notes.

Suits in which the plaintiff seeks only to recover a debt or liquidated demand in money payable by the defendant, with or without interest, arising:

• On a Written Contract,
• On an Enactment, where the sum sought to be recovered is a fixed sum of money or in the nature of the debt other than a penalty; or
• On a guarantee, where the claim against the principal is in respect of a debt or liquidated demand only.

4.  Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Cheque Bounce Recovery Case): If the customer delays the payment through cheque then the seller can file a suit against the customer under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

Under Section 138, a legal notice is sent to the customer regarding the bouncing of the cheque and if he does not pay within 30 days, then the seller can file a suit against the customer under Section 138 of the NI Act regarding non-payment of the payment.