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MANU/SC/1071/2019

True Court CopyTM English

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Writ Petition (Civil) Nos. 43, 99, 124, 121, 129 of 2019, Civil Appeal No. 1486 of 2019, Writ Petition (Civil) Nos. 130, 135, 201, 147, 193, 156, 183, 166, 163, 194, 176, 205, 173, 189, 188, 185, 177, 214, 303, 195, 197, 196, 243, 198, 199, 200, 309, 217, 230, 304, 258, 221, 229, 241, 293, 310, 242, 280, 261, 263, 272, 362, 358, 281, 277, 311, 279, 283, 366, 287, 284, 312, 294, 989, 320, 321, 319, 386, 396, 345, 328, 347, 344, 369, 916, 350, 353, 355, 361, 354, 402, 412, 357, 411, 505, 374, 377, 389, 829, 640, 454, 409, 398, 407, 441, 426, 410, 418, 485, 425, 535, 437, 442, 468, 491, 566, 457, 614, 544, 483, 669, 529, 492, 532, 540, 522, 503, 506, 513, 530, 555, 634, 580, 587, 682, 585, 613, 571, 578, 600, 589, 610, 648, 673, 629, 638, 597, 636, 632, 642, 644, 655, 643, 668, 671, 678, 702, 704, 694, 822, 807, 713, 714, 990, 824, 739, 745, 806, 846, 904, 800, 808, 805, 821, 831, 950, 850, 830, 858, 840, 877, 868, 855, 871, 927, 861, 860, 878, 913, 909, 905, 922, 918, 919 and 941 of 2019 (Under Article 32 of the Constitution of India)

Decided On: 09.08.2019

Appellants: Pioneer Urban Land and Infrastructure Limited and Ors. Vs. Respondent: Union of India (UOI) and Ors.

Hon'ble Judges/Coram:
Rohinton Fali Nariman, Sanjiv Khanna and Surya Kant

JUDGMENT

Rohinton Fali Nariman, J.

1. The large number of writ petitions that have been filed in this Court challenge the constitutional validity of amendments made to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as "the Code"), pursuant to a report prepared by the Insolvency Law Committee dated 26th March, 2018 (hereinafter referred to as the "Insolvency Committee Report"). The amendments so made deem allottees of real estate projects to be "financial creditors" so that they may trigger the Code, Under Section 7 thereof, against the real estate developer. In addition, being financial creditors........