#consolidation of proceedings

The NCLAT Principal Bench ruled that Section 60(2) IBC mandates personal guarantor insolvency proceedings to be heard by the same NCLT bench adjudicating the corporate debtor's CIRP. The tribunal upheld the New Delhi Principal Bench's refusal to transfer a guarantor's case to Chandigarh, confirming that jurisdiction vests exclusively with the bench seized of the main corporate insolvency process.

Allahabad HC rules that a probate petition filed first under Section 299 of the Indian Succession Act cannot be rejected merely because a subsequent civil suit challenges the same Will. The court emphasizes the exclusive jurisdiction of Probate Courts and mandates consolidation of overlapping proceedings to avoid conflicting rulings, impacting succession disputes involving contested Wills.