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2020 (11) TMI 586 - AT - Insolvency and BankruptcyRemuneration of Liquidator - Applicability of Regulation 4(2) and (3) of the Liquidation Process Regulations, 2016 or Regulation 39D? - HELD THAT:- The Adjudicating Authority (National Company Law Tribunal), Chandigarh Bench, Chandigarh was of the view that Regulation 39D provides for fixation of the fees separately by the Committee of Creditors for the three periods given in Section 39D and the fees in the instant case was not governed by Section 39D as the order of liquidation came to be passed under Section 33(1) (a) of the ‘I&B Code’. Be that as it may, the order of liquidation has been passed and the Corporate Debtor is undergoing liquidation process. It is immaterial which provision of the ‘I&B Code’ squarely governs the passage of order of liquidation. The fact remains that the Committee of Creditors has taken a decision in regard to the liquidation costs, expenses and the remuneration payable to the liquidator which in the light of the recommendation of the Committee of Creditors with the requisite percentage brings it within the ambit of Regulation 39D. Therefore, it is not permissible to take resort to any other provision which would be attracted only if the action of the Committee of Creditors would fall beyond the purview of Regulation 39D. The remuneration of liquidator falling within the realm of the Committee of Creditors in terms of Regulation 39D, we find that the impugned order cannot be sustained. The impugned order is accordingly set aside to the limited extent of remuneration of the liquidator and it is directed that the liquidator’s remuneration will be governed in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee of Creditors - Appeal disposed off.
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