Section 7(5)(a) of IBC pertaining to the initiation of the CIRP by a financial creditor, is a mandatory or discretionary provision ?
INTRODUCTION The recent judgment passed in the case of Vidarbha Industries Power Limited v. Axis Bank Limited by the Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether Section 7(5)(a) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, (IBC) which pertains to the initiation of the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) by a financial creditor, is a mandatory