Prospective liquidation amendments cannot govern an earlier going-concern sale process; consequential reliefs require fresh legal consideration.

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....Liquidation-process amendments apply prospectively unless expressly made retrospective. A liquidation order fixing the liquidation commencement date and directing the liquidator to explore sale of the corporate debtor as a going concern initiates the governing process; later auction and sale steps merely implement it. A subsequent amendment therefore cannot alter rights and obligations under the regime applicable on that date. The Tribunal set aside retrospective application of the amendment and remanded consequential reliefs and concessions for fresh consideration according to law.....