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PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, ALOK ARADHE
Anjani Technoplast Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Shubh Gautam – Respondent
What is the appropriateness of initiating and continuing Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process under IBC when a final decree debt exists and execution proceedings are available? What is the proper forum for execution and computation of a decreed amount, and when does IBC become an abuse or substitute for debt recovery? What is the impact of misusing IBC for recovery on the admissibility of Section 7 petitions when the debtor is solvent and has pending execution/computation matters?
JUDGMENT :
1. The appellant has preferred this appeal under Section 62 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“the IBC”), assailing the order dated 01.11.2022 of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (“the NCLAT”) in Company Appeal (AT) (Insolvency) No. 904 of 2022. By that order, the NCLAT set aside the order of the National Company Law Tribunal, New Delhi Bench-IV (“the NCLT”) dated 20.06.2022 and directed the admission of a petition filed under Section 7 of the IBC by the respondent.
2. The respondent is a money lender. On 24.02.2010, he advanced a loan of Rs. 2,50,00,000/- to the appellant for a period of two months, carrying interest at 12.75% per annum payable on a half-yearly basis. The loan agreement also provided that in the event of default, the appellant would remain liable to pay interest at the stipulated rate. On 31.03.2010, a further loan of Rs. 2,00,00,000/- was taken by the appellant for a period of fifteen days, at 3% per month, again payable half-yearly. The appellant furnished cheques as security against both loans.
3. When presented, the cheques were dishonoured, leading to the respondent filing a complaint under Section 138
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