Treatment of Secured Creditors - India
Our experts panellists - Mr Bahram Vakil (Founding Partner, AZB & Partners), Ms Saloni Thakkar (Partner, AZB & Partners) and Ms Mariam Zaidi (Senior Legal Manager, Piramal Capital & Housing Finance) – discuss the changes to the treatment of secured creditors since the enactment of the Indian Bankruptcy Code in 2016. The podcast compares the current framework with the pre-COVID period as well as the period before the enactment of the new Code. The podcast also delves into the disputed treatment of secured creditors in some leading cases, such as Essar Steel and Anil Anchalia, before concluding with a short outlook on the announced reforms in the area.