Bse Limited vs Oswal Yarns Limited
- CitationCompany Appeal (AT) (Insolvency) No. 1329 of 2022
Ratio decidendi
The rule this decision rests on
The Tribunal, following its earlier decision in Asahi Infrastructure & Projects Ltd. (Company Appeal (AT) (Ins.) No. 346 of 2019, dated 21.12.2021), holds that listing fees payable to a stock exchange fall within regulatory dues and are not operational debt, so they cannot be recovered through an application under Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
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Judgment
As delivered
BSE Ltd. ...Appellant
Versus
Oswal Yarns Ltd. ...Respondent
Present: For Appellant: Mr. Surekha Raman, Advocate. For Respondent:
ORDER
11.11.2022: Heard learned counsel for the Appellant. This Appeal has
been filed against order and judgment dated 30.08.2022 passed by National
Company Law Tribunal, Chandigarh Bench by which order the Section 9
application filed by the Appellant has been dismissed as non-maintainable.
2. The Appellant-Operational Creditor has filed Section 9 application for
claiming the listing fee to the tune of Rs.10,66,886/- . The Adjudicating
Authority relying on the judgment of NCLT, Mumbai Bench has rejected the
application observing that such listing fees falls within the regulatory dues
and as such dues cannot be recovered under the operational debt.
3. Learned counsel for the Appellant fairly submits that this issue is
already covered by judgment dated 21.12.2021 of this Tribunal in "Company
Appeal (AT) (Ins.) No. 346 of 2019, BSE Ltd. vs. Asahi Infrastructure & Projects
Ltd.". It is further submitted that against aforesaid judgment of this Tribunal
Cont'd ..../ 2
Civil Appeal No. 2421 of 2022 has been filed by the Appellant which has been
admitted by the Hon'ble Supreme Court and is awaiting hearing.
4. In view of the above, we following the earlier judgment of this Tribunal
dated 21.12.2021 affirm the order of the Adjudicating Authority. The Appeal
is dismissed accordingly.
[Justice Ashok Bhushan] Chairperson
[Barun Mitra] Member (Technical) Archana/nn
Company Appeal (AT) (Insolvency) No. 1329 of 2022
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