Incorp Restructuring Services Llp ... vs Nemo
- CitationComp. App. (AT) (Ins) No. 1484 of 2026
Ratio decidendi
The rule this decision rests on
The Tribunal may modify an order declining exclusion of time from the CIRP period where the period was not sought in the original application through inadvertence and the NCLT itself recorded that the same grounds justified exclusion of an adjoining period already granted; on that basis exclusion of the omitted period is granted. A direction in the impugned order that no further extension shall be granted cannot stand; any application for further extension of the CIRP period must instead be disposed of on its merits.
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Judgment
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Comp. App. (AT) (Ins) No. 1484 of 2026 IN THE MATTER OF: Incorp Restructuring Services LLP Resolution ...Appellant(s) Professional of N. Kumar Housing & Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. Versus Nemo ...Respondent(s)
Present: For Appellant : Mr. Abhishek Anand, Mr. Anoop Rawat, Mr. Shreyas Gupta, Mr. Aditya Marwah, Mr. Vishal Pathak, Ms. Aditi Rathore, Ms. Palak Kalra, Advocates
For Respondents :
ORDER
(Hybrid Mode)
13.08.2026 This appeal is filed against an impugned order dated
13/07/2026 passed by Ld. NCLT, Mumbai, in which I.A. (IBC) No. 2607
(MB)/2026 in C.P. (IB) No. 1093(MB)/2020 filed for exclusion of 42 days from
the CIRP period i.e., period from 18/10/2025 till 28/11/2025, was dismissed.
2. It is the submission of the Ld. Counsel for appellant the Corporate
Insolvency Resolution Process, in the present case was initiated on
24/02/2023 and a Writ Petition No. 3766 of 2023 was filed before the Hon'ble
Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, which vide Order dated 20/06/2023,
had granted stay, qua CIRP while holding that till the returnable date, the
Respondents therein, shall not take any precipitative steps in pending
Company Petition No. 1093/2020. It is submitted such stay, initially granted
on 20/06/2023 continued till 28/11/2025 as is evident from the final order
dated 17/10/2025 of the Bombay High Court, whereby the Writ Petition No. 3766 of 2023 was dismissed. Admittedly in its order dated 17/10/2025, the
Ld. Bombay High Court while disposing of the Writ, had extended the interim
order for another six weeks, i.e., till 28/11/2025. Ld. Counsel for appellant
submits initially they moved an I.A. No 719/2025 for exclusion of the period
24/06/2023 till 17/10/2025, and the period of further six weeks, till
28/11/2025 was not included in such application, because of an
inadvertence by the erstwhile IRP/ sole CoC and hence the exclusion was
granted only qua the period from 24/06/2023 till 17/10/2025. By the
impugned order, further exclusion for 42 days was rejected on the ground it
was never sought initially.
3. The impugned order though records there was no justifiable ground for
exclusion of 42 days until 28/11/2025, but on these very grounds, the
exclusion from 24/06/2023 till 17/10/2025 was rather granted and hence
the Ld. NCLT ought to have granted exclusion wef 17/10/2025 till
28/11/2025.
4. In these circumstances, we are of the considered view if the Order dated
13/07/2026 is modified to an extent the exclusion for 42 days, i.e., from the
period from 18/10/2025 till 28/11/2025, be also granted. Accordingly it is
granted.
5. At this stage, the Ld. Counsel for appellant submits he is also aggrieved
of further direction in the impugned order so far it also recorded further
extension shall not be granted. We are also of the view this direction ought not
to have been passed and thus is modified to the extent in case any application
for further extension is filed, the same be disposed of on merits. It is to add 2 of 3 that the RP has received 15 Expression of Interests, and the last date of
submission of resolution plan is 07/09/2026.
6. The appeal is thus disposed of in accordance with law.
In view of the above, pending applications, if any, are also disposed of.
[Justice Yogesh Khanna] The Officiating Chairperson
[Barun Mitra] Member (Technical)
[Ajai Das Mehrotra] Member (Technical) Prerana/md
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