(1) Where the Adjudicating Authority passes an order for liquidation of the corporate debtor under section 33, the resolution professional appointed for the corporate insolvency resolution process under Chapter II shall for the purposes of liquidation unless replaced by the Adjudicating Authority under sub-section (4).
(2) On the appointment of a liquidator under this section, all powers of the board of directors, key managerial personnel and the partners of the corporate debtor, as the case may be, shall cease to have effect and shall be vested in the liquidator.
(3) The personnel of the corporate debtor shall extend all assistance and cooperation to the liquidator as may be required by him in managing the affairs of the corporate debtor and provisions of section 19 shall apply in relation to voluntary liquidation process as they apply in relation to liquidation process with the substitution of references to the liquidator for references to the interim resolution professional.
(4) The Adjudicating Authority shall by order replace the , if—
(a) the resolution plan submitted by the resolution professional under section 30 was rejected for failure to meet the requirements mentioned in sub-section (2) of section 30; or
(b) the Board recommends the replacement of a resolution professional to the Adjudicating Authority for reasons to be recorded in writing
the resolution professional fails to submit written consent under sub-section (1)
(5) For the purposes of clause (a) of sub-section (4), the Adjudicating Authority may direct the .
The Board shall propose the name of another insolvency professional within ten days of the direction issued by the Adjudicating Authority under sub-section (5).
(7) The Adjudicating Authority shall, on receipt of the proposal of the Board for the appointment of an insolvency professional as liquidator, by an order appoint such insolvency professional as the liquidator.
(8) An insolvency professional proposed to be for the conduct of the liquidation proceedings and in such proportion to the value of the liquidation estate assets, as may be specified by the Board.
(9) The fees for the conduct of the liquidation proceedings under sub-section (8) shall be paid to the liquidator from the proceeds of the liquidation estate under section 53.
Substitutedvide the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Act, 2018 dated 17.08.2018 w.e.f., 06.06.2018.To view the Notification,Click Here and the words ‘or for the pre-packaged insolvency resolution process under Chapter III-A’
(i) inserted vide Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2021 notification dated 11.08.2021, effective from 04.04.2021. The Ordinance dated 04.04.2021 stands repealed. To view the notification, Click Here
(ii) inserted videThe Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 dated 04.04.2021 . To view the ordinance, Click Here
Refer regulation 3, 12 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Liquidation Process) Regulations, 2016 . To view the regulation,Click Here
- ReferInsolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees (Recommendation) (Second) Guidelines, 2022 dated 12.12.2022 w.e.f. 01.01.2023. To view the Guidelines,Click here.
- Refer Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees (Recommendation) Guidelines, 2022 dated 08.06.2022. To view the guidelines,Click Here
- Refer Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees (Recommendation) (Second) Guidelines, 2021 dated 01.12.2021. To view the guidelines,Click Here
- Refer Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees (Recommendation) Guidelines, 2021 dated 01.06.2021. To view the guidelines,Click Here
- Refer Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees (Recommendation) (Second) Guidelines, 2020 dated 23.11.2020. To view the guidelines,Click Here
- Refer Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees (Recommendation) Guidelines, 2020 dated 02.06.2020 w.e.f. 01.07.2020. To view the Guidelines,Click Here.
- Refer Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals and Liquidators Recommendation) (Second) Guidelines, 2018 dated 30.11.2018 w.e.f., 01.01.2019. To view the Guidelines, Click Here
Substitutedvide the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Act, 2018 dated 17.08.2018 w.e.f., 06.06.2018. To view the Notification,Click Here
Inserted vide the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Act, 2018 dated 17.08.2018 w.e.f., 06.06.2018. To view the Notification,Click Here
Substitutedvide the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Act, 2018 dated 17.08.2018 w.e.f., 06.06.2018. To view the Notification,Click Here
- ReferInsolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees (Recommendation) (Second) Guidelines, 2022 dated 12.12.2022 w.e.f. 01.01.2023. To view the Guidelines,Click here.
- Refer Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees (Recommendation) Guidelines, 2022 dated 08.06.2022. To view the guidelines,Click Here
- Refer Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees (Recommendation) (Second) Guidelines, 2021 dated 01.12.2021. To view the guidelines,Click Here
- Refer Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees (Recommendation) Guidelines, 2021 dated 01.06.2021. To view the guidelines,Click Here
- Refer Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees (Recommendation) (Second) Guidelines, 2020 dated 23.11.2020. To view the guidelines,Click Here
- Refer Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees (Recommendation) Guidelines, 2020 dated 02.06.2020 w.e.f. 01.07.2020. To view the Guidelines,Click Here.
- Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals and Liquidators (Recommendation)Guidelines, 2019 dated 14/05/2019. To view the guidelineClick Here
- Refer Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees (Recommendation) Guidelines, 2023 dated 05.06.2023. To view the guidelines,Click Here.
- ReferInsolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees (Recommendation) (Second) Guidelines, 2022 dated 12.12.2022 w.e.f. 01.01.2023. To view the Guidelines,Click here.
- Refer Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees (Recommendation) (Second) Guidelines, 2020 dated 23.11.2020. To view the guidelines, Click Here
- Refer Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals, Liquidators, Resolution Professionals and Bankruptcy Trustees (Recommendation) Guidelines, 2020 dated 02.06.2020 w.e.f. 01.07.2020. To view the Guidelines,Click Here.
- Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals or Liquidators (Recommendation) Guidelines, 2017. To view the guidelines, Click Here
- Also see the “Expression of Interest to be in the Panel under Insolvency Professionals to act as Interim Resolution Professionals or Liquidators (Recommendation) Guidelines, 2018” dated 06.06.2018.To view the guidelines, Click Here
Insertedvide the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Act, 2018 dated 17.08.2018 w.e.f., 06.06.2018. To view the Notification,Click Here
Refer regulation 4 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Liquidation Process) Regulations, 2016 . To view the regulation,Click Here
2.5.12:Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Liquidation Process) Regulations, 2016
12. Public announcement by liquidator.
(1) The liquidator shall make a public announcement in within five days from his appointment.
(a) call upon stakeholders to submit their claims or update their claims submitted during the corporate insolvency resolution process, as on the liquidation commencement date; and
(b) provide the last date for submission or updation of claims, which shall be thirty days from the liquidation commencement date.
provide that where a stakeholder does not submit its claims during the liquidation process, the claims submitted by such a stakeholder, and duly collated by the interim resolution professional or resolution professional, as the case may be, during the corporate insolvency resolution process under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016, shall be deemed to be submitted under section 38.
(2) The public announcement shall-
(a) call upon stakeholders to submit their claims as on the liquidation commencement date; and
(b) provide the last date for submission of claim, which shall be thirty days from the liquidation commencement date.
The announcement shall be published-
(a) in one English and one regional language newspaper with wide circulation at the location of the registered office and principal office, if any, of the corporate debtor and any other location where in the opinion of the liquidator, the corporate debtor conducts material business operations;
(b) on the website, if any, of the corporate debtor; and
(c) on the , if any, designated by the Board for this purpose.
The liquidator shall operate the process email account handed over to him by the resolution professional in accordance with regulation 4C of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations,2016 and in the event of his replacement, the credentials of such email ID shall be handed over to the new liquidator.
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Substituted vide IBBI (Liquidation Process) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 w.e.f 25.07.2019 applicable only to liquidation processes, which commenced on or after 25th July, 2019. To view the notification,Click Here
Inserted videIBBI (Liquidation Process) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2022 dated 16.09.2022. To view the notification,Click Here
Refer IBBI Circular-IBBI’s Electronic Platform for hosting Public Notices of Auctions of Liquidation Assets under the IBBI (Liquidation Process) Regulations, 2016 dated 30.09.2021. To view the circular, Click Here
IBBI has designated www.ibbi.gov.in as the designated website vide Circular No. IP(CIRP)/006/2018 dated 23.02.2018. To view the Notification, Click Here
Inserted videIBBI (Liquidation Process) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2022 dated 16.09.2022. To view the notification,Click Here
2.5.3:Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Liquidation Process) Regulations, 2016
3. Eligibility for appointment as liquidator.
(1) An insolvency professional shall be eligible to be appointed as a liquidator if he, and every partner or director of the insolvency professional entity of which he is a partner or director, is independent of the corporate debtor.
Explanation– A person shall be considered independent of the corporate debtor, if he-
(a) is eligible to be appointed as an independent director on the board of the corporate debtor under section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), where the corporate debtor is a company;
(b) is not a related party of the corporate debtor; or
(c) has not been an employee or proprietor or a partner:
(i) of a firm of auditors orcompany secretaries or cost auditors of the corporate debtor; or
(ii) of a legal or a consulting firm, that has or had any transaction with the corporate debtor contributing ten per cent or more of the gross turnover of such firm, in the last three financial years.
(2) A liquidator shall disclose the existence of any pecuniary or personal relationship with the concerned corporate debtor or any of its stakeholders as soon as he becomes aware of it, to the Board and the Adjudicating Authority.
(3) An insolvency professional shall not continue as a liquidator if the insolvency professional entity of which he is a director or partner, or any other partner or director of such insolvency professional entity represents any other stakeholder in the same liquidation process.
Substituted videthe Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Liquidation Process) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018 dated 27.03.2018 effective from 01.04.2018. To view the notification, Click Here
2.5.4:Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Liquidation Process) Regulations, 2016
(1) The fee payable to the liquidator shall be in accordance with the decision taken by the committee of creditors under regulation 39D of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016.
Where no fee has been fixed under sub-regulation (1), the consultation committee may fix the fee of the liquidator in its first meeting.
In cases other than those covered under sub-regulation (1) , the liquidator shall be entitled to a fee-
(a) at the same rate as the resolution professional was entitled to during the corporate insolvency resolution process, for the period of compromise or arrangement under section 230 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013); and
(b) as a percentage of the amount realised net of other liquidation costs, and of the amount distributed, for the balance period of liquidation, as under:
| Amount of Realisation / Distribution (In rupees) | Percentage of fee on the amount realised / distributed | ||
| in the first six months | in the next six months | thereafter | |
| Amount of Realisation (exclusive of liquidation costs) | |||
| On the first 1 crore | 5.00 | 3.75 | 1.88 |
| On the next 9 crore | 3.75 | 2.80 | 1.41 |
| On the next 40 crore | 2.50 | 1.88 | 0.94 |
| On the next 50 crore | 1.25 | 0.94 | 0.51 |
| On further sums realized | 0.25 | 0.19 | 0.10 |
| Amount Distributed to Stakeholders | |||
| On the first 1 crore | 2.50 | 1.88 | 0.94 |
| On the next 9 crore | 1.88 | 1.40 | 0.71 |
| On the next 40 crore | 1.25 | 0.94 | 0.47 |
| On the next 50 crore | 0.63 | 0.48 | 0.25 |
| On further sums distributed | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.05 |
For the purposes of clause (b), it is hereby clarified that where a liquidator realises any amount, but does not distribute the same, he shall be entitled to a fee corresponding to the amount realised by him. Where a liquidator distributes any amount, which is not realised by him, he shall be entitled to a fee corresponding to the amount distributed by him.
(3) Where the fee is payable under clause (b) of sub-regulation (2), the liquidator shall be entitled to receive half of the fee payable on realisation only after such realised amount is distributed.
Clarification: Regulation 4 of these regulations, as it stood before the commencement of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Liquidation Process) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 shall continue to be applicable in relation to the liquidation processes already commenced before the coming into force of the said amendment Regulations.”.
4. Liquidator’s fee.
(1) The fee payable to the liquidator shall form part of the liquidation cost.
(2) The liquidator shall be entitled to such fee and in such manner as has been decided by the committee of creditors before a liquidation order is passed under sections 33(1)(a) or 33(2).
(3) In all cases other than those covered under sub-regulation (2), the liquidator shall be entitled to a fee as a percentage of the amount realized net of other liquidation costs, and of the amount distributed, as under:
Percentage of fee on the amount realized / distributed
Amount of Realisation /
Distribution (In rupees) in the first six
months in the next six
monthsin the next one
year Thereafter Amount of Realisation (exclusive of liquidation costs) On the first 1 crore 5.00 3.75 2.50 1.88 On the next 9 crore 3.75 2.80 1.88 1.41 On the next 40 crore 2.50 1.88 1.25 0.94 On the next 50 crore 1.25 0.94 0.68 0.51 On further sums realized 0.25 0.19 0.13 0.10 Amount Distributed to Stakeholders On the first 1 crore 2.50 1.88 1.25 0.94 On the next 9 crore 1.88 1.40 0.94 0.71 On the next 40 crore 1.25 0.94 0.63 0.47 On the next 50 crore 0.63 0.48 0.34 0.25 On further sums distributed 0.13 0.10 0.06 0.05
(4) The liquidator shall be entitled to receive half of the fee payable on realization under sub-regulation (3) only after such realized amount is distributed.
Substitued vide IBBI (Liquidation Process) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 w.e.f 25.07.2019 applicable only to liquidation processes, which commenced on or after 25th July, 2019. To view the notification,Click Here
Inserted vide IBBI (Liquidation Process) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2022 dated 16.09.2022. To view the notification,Click Here
Refer IBBI Circular dated 28.09.2023 regarding Clarification w.r.t. Liquidators’ fee under clause (b) of sub-regulation (2) of Regulation 4 of IBBI (Liquidation Process) Regulations, 2016. To view the circular, Click here.
Inserted vide IBBI (Liquidation Process) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2022 dated 16.09.2022. To view the notification,Click Here
- Refer IBBI Circular regarding IBBI(Liquidation Process) Regulations, 2020. To view the circular, Click here.
- Inserted vide Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Liquidation Process) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2020 dated 05.08.2020. To view the notification, Click Here
