TMI Blog2021 (10) TMI 479X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... y Law Tribunal (NCLT) directly and that the Tribunal may, in exercise of its inherent powers under Rule 11 of NCLT Rules, allow or disallow an application for withdrawal or settlement. In the instant case, the applicant-respondent no.1 had made an application before the NCLT, Mumbai Bench, under Rule 11 of the NCLT Rules for withdrawal of company petition filed under Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) on the ground that the matter has been settled between the Corporate debtor and the applicant-respondent no.1 - the applicant-respondent no.1 was justified in filing the application under Rule 11 of the NCLT Rules for withdrawal of the company petition on the ground that the matter has been settled between the parties. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... NO.1196 of 2021 in Company Petition (IB) No.1069 of 2020, rejecting the application filed by the respondent no.1 under Rule 11 of the National Company Law Tribunal Rules, 2016 (for short, "the NCLT Rules") praying inter alia for withdrawal of company petition and to set aside the initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) based on the settlement between the parties arrived before the constitution of Committee of Creditors (CoC). (3) We have heard learned counsel for the parties. It is not in dispute that CoC has not been constituted so far. This Court in Swiss Ribbons Private Limited and Anr. v. Union of India and Others - (2019) 4 SCC 17 has held that at any stage, before a Committee of Creditors is constituted, a party ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... LT Rules for withdrawal of company petition filed under Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) on the ground that the matter has been settled between the Corporate debtor and the applicant-respondent no.1. (5) Having heard learned counsel for the parties and having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, we are of the view that the applicantrespondent no.1 was justified in filing the application under Rule 11 of the NCLT Rules for withdrawal of the company petition on the ground that the matter has been settled between the parties. (6) The appeal is accordingly allowed. The order of the NCLT dated 06.08.2021 is hereby set aside and the company petition, for which withdrawal application was filed under Rule ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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