Impact of covid-19 on resolution applicants under the IBC

Supriyo Ranjan Mahapatra, an associate with Trilegal in New Delhi, discusses recent changes made to the Indian Bankruptcy Code 2016 to protect businesses during the pandemic, and suggests ways that resolution applicants can tackle some of the concerns they currently face – from adding force majeure clauses to resolution plans to renegotiating plans on the basis of revised asset valuations.