Section 27:
Replacement of resolution professional by committee of creditors.
(1) Where, at any time
during the corporate insolvency resolution process, the committee of creditors is of the opinion that a
resolution professional appointed under section 22 is required to be replaced, it may replace him with
another resolution professional in the manner provided under this section.
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[(2) The committee of creditors may, at a meeting, by a vote of sixty-six per cent. of voting shares,
resolve to replace the resolution professional appointed under section 22 with another resolution
professional, subject to a written consent from the proposed resolution professional in the specified form.] .
(3) The committee of creditors shall forward the name of the insolvency professional proposed by
them to the Adjudicating Authority.
(4) The Adjudicating Authority shall forward the name of the proposed resolution professional to the
Board for its confirmation and a resolution professional shall be appointed in the same manner as laid
down in section 16.
(5) where any discriplinary proceeding are pending against the proposed resolution professional under
sub-section (3), the resolution professional appointed under section 22 shall continue till the appointment
of another professional under the section.
Notes:
1 Subs. by Act 26 of 2018, s. 20, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 6-6-2018).