Section 32A immunity protects successor companies from pre-CIRP corporate offences after approved resolution plans change management or control.

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....Section 32A(1) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code ends a corporate debtor's liability for offences committed before commencement of CIRP once an approved resolution plan results in a qualifying change in management or control. The immunity can protect a successor company that takes over and amalgamates with the former corporate debtor, preventing civil or criminal liability for the predecessor's pre-CIRP acts, including alleged Air Act offences. Its application is company-specific: proceedings may be quashed against the protected successor without affecting prosecution of the remaining accused.....