Right to be heard protects parties with interests from asset sales during moratorium; impleader permitted and procedural directions issued.

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....Persons who acquired or sold a secured asset during an operative moratorium were entitled to be heard because their substantive civil rights were exposed to adjudicatory scrutiny; the tribunal applied the principle that parties whose rights may be affected by ongoing proceedings are necessary and proper parties and may be impleaded to prevent collateral damage. On that basis both impleader applications were allowed, the applicants were directed to be impleaded as respondents, and the appellant was ordered to amend the memorandum of parties, serve appeal papers on them, and comply with specified timelines for objections and rejoinders.....