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TMI Blog2021 (12) TMI 1054X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... creditor, the minimum threshold limit for filing an application under sections 7, 9 and 10 of the IBC, 2016 was ₹ 1 lakh. However, the Central Government through the Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide Notification No. S. O. 1205(E), dated March 24, 2020 has increased the minimum threshold limited from ₹ 1 lakh to ₹ 1 crore. Hence, on and from March 24, 2020 all the applications filed under sections 7, 9 and 10 of the IBC, 2016 before this Tribunal are required to satisfy the said condition and the debt amount due as claimed in Part-IV of the application is required to cross the threshold limit of ₹ 1 crore. A liberty granted by this Tribunal, cannot act in derogation or in violation of the law which is prevailing ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 2. The brief facts of the case are as follows : (i) The operational creditor vide appointment letter dated October 24, 2016 was appointed as an employee in the designation of President-operations in the corporate debtor-company and the monthly salary was fixed at ₹ 4,30,000. (ii) It was alleged that the corporate debtor was irregular in crediting salary in to the account of the operational creditor and hence the operational creditor has communicated his resignation through e-mail and letter dated February 26, 2018 and May 17, 2018 to the corporate debtor. The said resignation was accepted and the corporate debtor accepted to relieve the operational creditor on April 30, 2018 after completion of the notice period. The corporate ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ds dismissed as withdrawn with the liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh petition as sought for the balance claim unpaid. 3. Learned counsel for the operational creditor submitted that as per the joint memo which was recorded in the order dated December 17, 2019 passed in I. B. A. No. 137 of 2019 the corporate debtor is required to make the payment on or before January 31, 2020 to the operational creditor, however has failed to do so. Thereafter it was submitted that the operational creditor waited till the second week of February 2020 and since no money was forthcoming, the operational creditor has issued a demand notice as stipulated under section 8 of the IBC, 2016 on February 20, 2020 which was received by the corporate debtor ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... l creditor has concealed the fact that the corporate debtor has sent a reply to the demand notice on March 5, 2020 wherein it has been stated that the corporate debtor has agreed to pay the sum of ₹ 26,66,000 as stated in the order dated December 17, 2019 of this Tribunal provided the operational creditor agrees to give an undertaking that he would not make any further claims against the corporate debtor, to which, it was submitted that the operational creditor has not given any undertaking. 7. Further, it was submitted that the operational creditor has wilfully suppressed the fact that the respondent had issued a notice of dispute vide its letter dated March 5, 2020 and the operational creditor while submitting the affidavit under ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... porate Affairs vide Notification No. S. O. 1205(E), dated March 24, 2020 has increased the minimum threshold limited from ₹ 1 lakh to ₹ 1 crore. Hence, on and from March 24, 2020 all the applications filed under sections 7, 9 and 10 of the IBC, 2016 before this Tribunal are required to satisfy the said condition and the debt amount due as claimed in Part-IV of the application is required to cross the threshold limit of ₹ 1 crore. A liberty granted by this Tribunal, cannot act in derogation or in violation of the law which is prevailing time being in force. Also we are of the view that a liberty being granted to the operational creditor to file a fresh application in case a default occurs cannot be stretched to such an exte ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... as in this regard, the relevant words are conspicuously absent and besides there being no implicit inference to be drawn for such a construction in the context in issue. That apart, if the notification dated March 24, 2020 of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, is made applicable to the pending applications of the IBC (filed earlier to the notification in issue) it will create absurd results of wider implications/complications. 11. Thus, it is now trite, that the Notification issued by the Central Government vide S. O. No. 1205(E), dated March 24, 2020 by increasing the pecuniary jurisdiction of this Tribunal from ₹ 1 lakh to ₹ 1 crore would operate prospectively, that is to say the said notification wo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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