IBC 27 — Replacement of resolution professional by committee of creditors

Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016

Statutory text

(1)  Where,  at  any  time during  the  corporate  insolvency  resolution  process,  the  committee  of  creditors  is  of  the  opinion  that  a resolution  professional  appointed  under  section  22  is  required  to  be  replaced,  it  may  replace  him  with another resolution professional in the manner provided under this section.

[(2) The committee of creditors may, at a meeting, by a vote of sixty-six per cent. of voting shares, resolve  to  replace  the  resolution  professional  appointed  under  section 22  with  another  resolution professional, subject to a written consent from the proposed resolution professional in the specified form.]
 (3)  The  committee  of  creditors  shall  forward  the  name  of  the  insolvency  professional  proposed  by them to the Adjudicating Authority.
(4) The Adjudicating Authority shall forward the name of the proposed resolution professional to the Board  for  its  confirmation  and  a  resolution  professional  shall  be  appointed  in  the  same  manner  as  laid down in section 16.

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