PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, ALOK ARADHE
State Bank of India – Appellant
Versus
Doha Bank Q. P. S. C. – Respondent
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| 1. ibc appeal challenges corporate guarantee enforceability. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. loans advanced, npa declared, guarantees executed. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 3. cirp started; guarantees invoked, initially disputed. (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 4. tribunals rejected claims citing validity defects. (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15) |
| 5. appellants assert guarantees as valid financial debt. (Para 16 , 17) |
| 6. respondents claim guarantees invalid, unstamped, undisclosed. (Para 18 , 19) |
| 7. issues on debt status, claim rejection, interference. (Para 20 , 21) |
| 8. guarantee liability qualifies as financial debt; admitted. (Para 22 , 23) |
| 9. restructured npa reckoned from initial default date. (Para 24) |
| 10. non-disclosure in statements does not bar claims. (Para 25) |
| 11. rp verified guarantees; appellate production permissible. (Para 26 , 27) |
| 12. stamp defect curable, does not invalidate instrument. (Para 28) |
| 13. debt affirmed; tribunal findings perverse, interfered. (Para 29 , 30) |
| 14. appeal allowed; appellants deemed financial creditors. (Para 31 , 32 , 33) |
JUDGMENT :
ALOK ARADHE, J.
1. This appeal under Section 62 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code) has been preferred by SBI Consortium comprisin
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