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In the matter of Agson Global Private Limited

National Company Law Tribunal19 March 2026

Ratio decidendi

The rule this decision rests on

The Tribunal may permit withdrawal of an application under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, under Section 12A where the applicant is the sole financial creditor and the Committee of Creditors comprises only financial creditors, so that the withdrawal is approved by the sole member of the Committee, notwithstanding the existence of unpaid operational and statutory dues. Withdrawal of the Section 7 application does not extinguish the claims of operational creditors and statutory authorities, who remain entitled to pursue their remedies against the corporate debtor in accordance with law, and the corporate debtor cannot claim equitable credit for the time spent in the insolvency process. The period during which the moratorium was in operation in the corporate insolvency resolution process is to be excluded from the limitation period applicable to proceedings subsequently brought by operational and statutory creditors.

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Judgment

As delivered

IN THE NATIONAL COMPANY LAW TRIBUNAL NEW DELHI BENCH (COURT – II) Item No. 304 IB-614/ND/2023 IA-1177/ND/2026 IN THE MATTER OF: Indian Bank (Erstwhile Allahabad Bank) … Applicant/Petitioner Versus M/s Agson Global Private Limited … Respondent Under Section: 7 of IBC, 2016 Order delivered on 19.03.2026 CORAM: SH. ASHOK KUMAR BHARDWAJ MS. REENA SINHA PURI HON’BLE MEMBER (J) HON’BLE MEMBER (T) PRESENT: For the Applicant : For the Respondent : Adv. Sumit K Batra, Adv. Manish Khurana, Adv. Priyanka Jindal, Adv. Parth Sharma for R2 For the RP : Adv. Sumesh Dhawan, Adv. Vatsala Kak, Adv. Sagar Thakkar, Adv. Arunima Ganguly For NARCL/Indian : Adv. Rajesh Kumar Gautam, Adv. Deepanjal Bank Choudhary, Adv. Likivi K. Jakhalu, Adv. Azal Aekram Hearing Through: VC and Physical (Hybrid) Mode ORDER The prayer made in the captioned application reads thus:-

Abhijat/Esha

Ld. Counsel for the RP submitted that the applicant who has preferred the present petition through RP is the sole financial creditor and the corporate debtor has no other financial creditor. Nevertheless, she submitted that there are other operational creditors who have their dues against the corporate debtor. She also submitted that even there are also statutory dues payable by the corporate debtor. Nevertheless, as the COC comprise only financial creditors and the applicant herein before us could be sole member of the COC, we allow the present application for withdrawal of IB-614/ND/2023 and dismiss the same. However, it is made clear that the operational creditors as well as statutory authorities would be entitled to resort to appropriate remedy of the action against the corporate debtor in accordance with law and the corporate debtor will not be entitled to claim any equity with reference to the time spent in the present process. Besides, the time spent in CIRP, during which moratorium was in operation would be excluded from the period of limitations of any kind, in the proceedings to be resorted to or be initiated by other creditors such as operational and statutory creditors. The aforementioned application which is IA-1177/ND/2026 stands disposed. It goes without saying that if the basis on which the application under Section 12A of IBC, 2016, has been preferred ceases to exist at any point the applicant would be at liberty to move appropriate application to revive the proceedings. The application would be examined as and when the same would be preferred.

Abhijat/Esha

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Sd/- Sd/-Sd/- (REENA SIN HA PURI) (ASHOK KUMAR BHARDWAJ) MEMBER (T) MEMBER (J)

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