Kamesh Badhana vs Govind Ram & Ors
- CitationCompany Appeal (AT) (Insolvency) No.780 of 2018
Ratio decidendi
The rule this decision rests on
The application for review or recall of an order of the Adjudicating Authority under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, was not maintainable, and the Adjudicating Authority was therefore right to reject it. An order of liquidation not under challenge in the appeal before the Tribunal cannot be examined in that appeal for its legality, and a consequential refusal to stay publication made in respect of that unchallenged order does not fall within the appeal's scope.
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Judgment
As delivered
For Appellant : Mr. Arjun Kant and Mr. Adarsh Chamoli, Advocates
ORDER
14.12.2018 Having heard learned counsel for the appellant and being
satisfied with the grounds, delay of 7 days in preferring the appeal is condoned.
I.A. No. 2041 of 2018 stands disposed of.
This appeal has been preferred by promoters of the 'Corporate Debtor'
against the order dated 1st November 2018 passed by Adjudicating Authority
(National Company Law Tribunal) New Delhi Bench whereby and whereunder
Miscellaneous Application preferred by appellant (promoter) for review and recall
of order dated 13th April, 2018 has been rejected being not maintainable.
Having heard the learned counsel for the appellant, we are of the view that
the application for review or recall was not maintainable and, therefore, the
Adjudicating Authority righty rejected the same.
In so far as the liberty of the proceeding of publication dated 25th October,
2018 is concern, the order of liquidation has been passed on 11th October, 2018
and the said order not being under challenge, the Adjudicating Authority rightly -2-
refused to stay publication in the newspaper as ordered on 25th October, 2018.
This apart, the order dated 11th October, 2018 or the order dated 25th October,
2018, are not under challenge in this appeal. Therefore, we cannot deliberate
on such issue as to whether order dated 11th October, 2018 is in accordance
with law or not.
Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the order of liquidation is
under challenge in some other appeal which is yet to be heard. In such case, we
allow the learned counsel for the appellant to assist the Appellate Tribunal in the
said appeal.
The appeal is dismissed with the aforesaid observations. However, the
present order will not come in the way of decision in 'Company Appeal No. 721
of 2018' wherein order of liquidation is under challenge.
[Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya] Chairperson
[ JusticeBansi Lal Bhat ] Member(Judicial)
/ns/gc/
Company Appeal (AT) (Insolvency) No.780 of 2018
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