The government has moved the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal against an order passed by National Company Law Tribunal to make the Ministry of Corporate Affairs a party in all applications filed under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code as well as the Companies Act.
In a petition moved through the MCA, the government said the order passed by the Delhi-based Principal Bench of the NCLT was beyond the power and jurisdiction conferred to it.
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Passing an order on Nov. 22 in the Oriental Bank of Commerce versus Sikka Papers case, the NCLT bench headed by its President Justice MM Kumar had directed that MCA should be a party in all insolvency and company cases filed before it.
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On Thursday, the petition filed by MCA against the order was mentioned before an NCLAT bench headed by its Chairperson Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya.
The appellate tribunal is expected to hear the case on Friday.
In its order, the NCLT had said, "we further direct that in all cases of Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code and Company Petition, the Union of India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs through the Secretary be impleaded as a party respondent so that authentic record is made available by the officers of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs for proper appreciation of the matters."
"This shall be applicable throughout the country to all the benches of the National Company Law Tribunal. The Registrar shall send a copy of this order to all NCLT benches so that respective Deputy Registrar may ensure that proper parties are impleaded," the NCLT had said on Nov. 22.
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