Appeal To NCLAT Shall Be Filed Within A Period Of 30 Days, Reiterates Supreme Court

[12 May 2022] The Supreme Court bench comprising of Justice L N Rao and Justice P S Narasimha in the case of Safire Technologies Pvt Ltd versus Regional Provident Fund Commissioner reiterates that an appeal against the order of NCLT shall be filed before the NCLAT within a period of 30 days and the appellate tribunal can only condone delay for a period of 15 days. The appellant filed a civil appeal before the Supreme Court under Section 62 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy code, 2016 (IBC/Code) against the order dated 10.01.2021 passed by NCLAT wherein it has issued notice in an appeal even when there was a delay of 388 days in filing the appeal before NCLAT.