Insolvency liquidation may follow section 10 admission when revival is unrealistic and financial distress is irreversible.

A section 10 application under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code was admitted where the corporate debtor showed irreversible financial distress, substantial unpaid operational debt, negligible current assets, closed manufacturing operations, sold plant and machinery, eroded net worth, and audit doubts over going concern status. On those facts, the Adjudicating Authority found no realistic prospect of revival through a resolution process and treated liquidation as the appropriate course. The corporate debtor was therefore ordered to be liquidated and a liquidator was appointed.

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Issues: Whether the corporate debtor's application under section 10 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 should be admitted and liquidation ordered in the first instance under section 33 of the Code.

Analysis: The corporate debtor had substantial unpaid operational debt, had already settled its financial creditors, and had negligible current assets. The material on record showed that its manufacturing operations had been closed long ago, its plant and machinery had been sold, accumulated losses had eroded net worth, and the auditors had recorded doubt regarding the company's ability to continue as a going concern. In these circumstances, the Adjudicating Authority found that there was no realistic prospect of revival through a resolution process and that liquidation would be the appropriate course.

Conclusion: The application was admitted and the corporate debtor was ordered to be liquidated, with a liquidator appointed.

Ratio Decidendi: Where the record shows irreversible financial distress, no viable prospect of revival, and liquidation is more appropriate than resolution, the Adjudicating Authority may admit a section 10 application and direct liquidation under section 33 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

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