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Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2026 Is Enacted

On 6 April 2026, the President assented to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2026, a wide-ranging revision of the 2016 Code. The legislation created frameworks for creditor-initiated and group insolvency, authorised rules for cross-border insolvency and an electronic insolvency portal, and revised corporate resolution, liquidation, avoidance-transaction, personal-guarantor and regulatory provisions. The Act provided for staged commencement by government notification, with implementing notifications and IBBI regulations following during 2026.

First Gazette page of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2026
The Act received presidential assent on 6 April 2026 and provides for staged commencement through later notifications. The image documents enactment, not the simultaneous commencement of every amended provision. · Credit: Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India · License: Official Gazette matter — Copyright Act 1957 §52(1)(q)(i)

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Sources and further reading

  1. IBBI — Act listing
  2. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2026
  3. IBBI discussion paper describing the post-amendment framework

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