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Issues: (i) whether the Interim Resolution Professional had any vested right to continue as the Resolution Professional despite a decision of the Committee of Creditors to replace him; (ii) whether the decision of the Committee of Creditors to replace the Interim Resolution Professional was immune from interference in judicial review.
Issue (i): whether the Interim Resolution Professional had any vested right to continue as the Resolution Professional despite a decision of the Committee of Creditors to replace him.
Analysis: The replacement of an interim resolution professional or resolution professional under the insolvency framework is a matter within the statutory domain of the Committee of Creditors. Once the Committee of Creditors, in exercise of its commercial decision-making power, resolves to replace the professional and the adjudicating authority accepts that decision, the incumbent cannot claim a legal or vested entitlement to continue in office.
Conclusion: The issue was answered against the appellant and in favour of the respondents.
Issue (ii): whether the decision of the Committee of Creditors to replace the Interim Resolution Professional was immune from interference in judicial review.
Analysis: The commercial wisdom of the Committee of Creditors enjoys paramount status under the insolvency regime, and courts or tribunals do not ordinarily interfere with such decisions unless a statutory breach is shown. The decision to replace the professional was treated as part of that commercial wisdom, and no illegality in the adjudicating authority's approval of the replacement was found.
Conclusion: The issue was answered against the appellant and in favour of the respondents.
Final Conclusion: The appeal failed, the impugned order was affirmed, and the replacement of the insolvency professional on the Committee of Creditors' decision remained undisturbed.
Ratio Decidendi: The commercial wisdom of the Committee of Creditors in choosing or replacing a resolution professional is not ordinarily justiciable, and an interim resolution professional has no vested right to continue once the Committee of Creditors validly resolves otherwise under the insolvency code.