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2026 Supreme(Online)(NCLAT) 14

NATIONAL COMPANY LAW APPELLATE TRIBUNAL
Ashok Bhushan, J
Sushant Chhabra – Appellant
Versus
Catalyst Trusteeship Ltd. – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Neeraj Malhotra, Mr. Rajiv Singh, Mr. Nimish Gupta, Mr. Neeraj Kumar, Mr. Somesh Narayan
For the Respondents: Mr. Abhinav Mathur, Mr. Gourav Asati, Ms. Ishita Arora, Mr. Gaurav Mitra, Mr. Atul Sharma, Ms. Renuka Iyer, Mr. Anmol Bansal

Table of Content
1. background of personal guarantor insolvency appeals (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. parties' contentions on moratorium maintainability (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7)
3. interim moratorium under section 96 ibc operative (Para 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12)
4. proceedings during moratorium non-est in law (Para 13 , 14 , 15 , 16)
5. withdrawal effects do not retroactively validate filings (Para 17 , 18 , 19 , 20)
6. prior pending applications bar subsequent ones (Para 21 , 22)
7. withdrawal ends moratorium but not prior invalidity (Para 23 , 24)
8. appeals allowed, fresh filings permitted (Para 25)

JUDGMENT

Ashok Bhushan, J.

These Appeals have been filed by Personal Guarantors of Corporate Debtor (“CD”) M/s UM Autocomp Pvt. Ltd. (Now M/s UM Automotive Pvt. Ltd.) challenging order dated 17.02.2026 passed by National Company Law Tribunal, New Delhi Bench, Court-II admitting Section 95 application filed by Catalyst Trusteeship Ltd. being CP(IB)-450/ND/2025 in Catalyst Trusteeship Ltd. vs. Sushant Chhabra; and CP(IB)-446/ND/2025 in Catalyst Trusteeship Ltd. vs. Verinder Kumar Chhabra.

2. Company Appeal (AT) (Insolvency) No. 443 of 2026 has been filed by Sushant Chhabra challenging order dated 17.02.2026 admitti

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