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Vasundhra Gupta, Managing Director, ... vs Sanwar Mal Tiwari, Sole Proprietor, ...

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal27 April 2020

Ratio decidendi

The rule this decision rests on

Where an operational creditor's claim for an unpaid principal amount exceeding the statutory threshold is undisputed, and the corporate debtor has not discharged it despite service of a demand notice, the default is established and the Section 9 application admitting the insolvency process is not liable to be set aside on appeal.

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Judgment

As delivered

NATIONAL COMPANY LAW APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, NEW DELHICompany Appeal (AT) (Insolvency) No. 476 of 2020In the matter of:

Vasundhra Gupta, Managing Director, M/s Aesthetic Stone Arts India Pvt. Ltd. ....Appellant

Vs

Mr. Sanwar Mal Tiwari, Sole Proprietor M/s. Rajasthan Steel Corporation & Anr. ....Respondents

Present For Appellant: Mr. Jasmeet Singh, Mr. Saif Ali and Mr. Pushpendra S. Bhadoriya, Advocates.

For Respondents:

ORDER

27.04.2020 The Appellant is aggrieved of admission of Application under Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 at the instance of Respondent No 1 - 'Operational Creditor' as against Respondent No.2, i.e., the 'Corporate Debtor'.

After hearing the learned Counsel for the Appellant, we find that the 'Corporate Debtor' has committed default to the extent of principal amount due on Invoice No.52 for Rs.5,63,370/- as emanates from paragraph 10 of the impugned order. Since, no dispute has been raised in regard to the liability qua the principal amount, which exceed Rs.1,00,000/- and the claim has not been satisfied despite service of demand notice, we find no ground for judicial intervention with the impugned order dated 4th March, 2020.

Page 1 of 2 The Appeal being devoid of merit is dismissed. However, we make it clear that dismissal of the instant Appeal shall not stand in the way of 'Corporate Debtor' settling the claim of Respondent- 'Operational Creditor'.

[Justice Bansi Lal Bhat] Acting Chairperson

[Justice Anant Bijay Singh] Member (Judicial)

[Alok Srivastava] Member (Technical)

Ash/GC Company Appeal (AT) (Insolvency) No. 476 of 2020 Page 2 of 2

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