Epc Constructions India Limited vs M/S Matix Fertilizers And Chemicals ...

insc-2025-1259 Supreme Court of India 28 October 2025 • CIVIL APPEAL NO. 11077 OF 2025 • 38 min read
10 cases cited (0 SG, 10 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Practice Areas

Companies Act 2013 IBC provides that words and expressions used but not defined in the Code but defined in the Companies Act, 2013 IBC words and expressions used in the IBC but not defined in the Code but defined in the Companies Act, 2013 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016

Judges (2)

J.B. Pardiwala Coram K.V. Viswanathan Delivered

Parties (2)

EPC Constructions India Limited Appellant Matix Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited Respondent

Case Significance

Epc Constructions India Limited vs M/S Matix Fertilizers And Chemicals ... is a Supreme Court of India decision dated October 28, 2025 (citation: insc-2025-1259). Challenge to dismissal of an IBC Section 7 application filed by holder of Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares against the corporate debtor. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, upholding that the CRPS constituted an investment and no financial debt had become due. The bench comprised Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan. The judgment was delivered by Justice K.V. Viswanathan.

This case has been cited by 1 subsequent judgment. The judgment references 10 case citations.

Summary

Challenge to dismissal of an IBC Section 7 application filed by holder of Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares against the corporate debtor. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, upholding that the CRPS constituted an investment and no financial debt had become due.

What was the outcome of Epc Constructions India Limited vs M/S Matix Fertilizers And Chemicals ...?

Challenge to dismissal of an IBC Section 7 application filed by holder of Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares against the corporate debtor. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, upholding that t...

Statutes Cited

Companies Act 2013
s 123
Companies Act, 2013
s 2(84) s 43 s 55
IBC provides that words and expressions used but not defined in the Code but defined in the Companies Act, 2013
s 3(37)
IBC words and expressions used in the IBC but not defined in the Code but defined in the Companies Act, 2013
s 3(37)
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016
s 7
Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016

Cases Cited (10)

IN (10)
(1978) 4 SCC 358 (1985) 4 SCC 585 (2011) 10 SCC 543 (2018) 1 SCC 407 (2019) 8 SCC 416 (2020) 10 SCC 538 (2020) 3 SCC 525 (2020) 8 SCC 401 2024 SCC OnLine SC 649 2025 INSC 1259

Cited By (1)

insc-2025-1259
Epc Constructions India Limited vs M/S Matix Fertilizers And Chemicals ...

Judgment

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