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2022 (11) TMI 106

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..... ? - HELD THAT:- A perusal of the case file shows that the present petition was filed vide Diary No.4839 dated 10.12.2018, and the date of default is 11.04.2017 i.e. the date of issuance of invoice (Annexure III). Therefore, this Adjudicating Authority finds that this application has been filed within limitation. There is a total unpaid operational debt of Rs.3,10,000/- as claimed in the petition. As noted above, the operational creditor has provided the details of the debt due and has also annexed with the petition copy of bank account maintained by the operational creditor and the invoice. Accordingly, the petitioner/operational creditor has established the debt and the default, which is more than Rupees one lakh i.e. the threshold limit (pre-revised) - the corporate debtor has failed to make payment of the aforesaid amount due as mentioned in the statutory notice till date. Thus, the conditions under Section 9 of the Code stand satisfied. It is evident from the above-mentioned facts that the liability of the corporate debtor is undisputed and established. Also, there is no rebuttal to the claim filed by the petitioner as respondent/corporate debtor chose not to appear. Accord .....

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..... professional services to the respondent/corporate debtor from time to time, for which the operational creditor raised a bill on 11.04.2017 (Annexure III) amounting to Rs.3,10,000/- towards professional services with respect to legal case pending before Courts. 4. It is further stated that despite telephonic reminders, respondent/corporate debtor has not cleared the outstanding amount and it continues to be due and payable. Thus, the operational creditor sent a Demand Notice dated 27.08.2018 in Form 3 (Annexure III) by speed post on 29.10.2018 at the registered address of the corporate debtor, calling upon the corporate debtor to pay the unpaid operational debt in full within 10 days from the date of receipt of notice. Copy of postal receipt and tracking report have been annexed with the demand notice. A perusal of the tracking report annexed with the demand notice shows that the demand notice sent at registered address of the corporate debtor was delivered on 02.11.2018. However, after service of the demand notice on the respondent/corporate debtor, neither any payment has been received from the respondent/corporate debtor nor any reply has been received. 5. On 12.09.2019 not .....

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..... was disputed by the corporate debtor. The petitioner/operational creditor has filed an affidavit dated 28.11.2018 under Section 9(3)(b) of the Code, wherein it has been deposed that the operational creditor has not received reply to its demand notice from the respondent/corporate debtor. Further, it has been deposed that there is no notice given by the respondent/corporate debtor relating to a dispute of the unpaid operational debt. 12. The other issue for consideration is whether this application was filed within limitation. A perusal of the case file shows that the present petition was filed vide Diary No.4839 dated 10.12.2018, and the date of default is 11.04.2017 i.e. the date of issuance of invoice (Annexure III). Therefore, this Adjudicating Authority finds that this application has been filed within limitation. 13. We have gone through the contents of the application filed in Form 5 and find the same to be complete. As discussed above, there is a total unpaid operational debt of Rs.3,10,000/- as claimed in the petition. As noted above, the operational creditor has provided the details of the debt due and has also annexed with the petition copy of bank account maintaine .....

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..... onstruction of Operational Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002; d) the recovery of any property by an owner or lessor where such property is occupied by or in the possession of the corporate debtor; e) It is further directed that the supply of essential goods or services to the corporate debtor as may be specified, shall not be terminated or suspended or interrupted during moratorium period. The provisions of Section 14(3) shall, however, not apply to such transactions as may be notified by the Central Government in consultation with any operational sector regulator and to a surety in a contract of guarantee to a corporate debtor; and f) The order of moratorium shall have effect from the date of this order till completion of the corporate insolvency resolution process or until this Bench approves the resolution plan under sub-section (1) of Section 31 or passes an order for liquidation of corporate debtor under Section 33 as the case may be. 18. The Law Research Associate of this Tribunal has checked the credentials of Mr. Ashish Singh from the online database provided by the IBBI and there is nothing adverse against him. In view of the abov .....

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..... his Adjudicating Authority directs the ex-management and promoters of the corporate debtor to specifically comply with the provisions of the Sub Regulation (2) of Regulation 4 of the Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons Regulations, 2016. This Adjudicating Authority further directs that the Interim Resolution Professional should also make all efforts simultaneously to retrieve the required information from the computerized data of the corporate debtor from the systems handed over to the Interim Resolution Professional after initiation of CIRP. For retrieving relevant information, the Interim Resolution Professional may take the help of any digital forensic companies from the empanelled list available with the Registry of this Adjudicating Authority, if required. This is imperative for meeting the Code s objectives for maximising the value of the assets of the corporate debtor and completing the resolution process in a time-bound manner. The Interim Resolution professional is also directed to make a specific mention of non-compliance, if any, in this regard in his status report filed before this Adjudicating Authority immediately after a month of the initiation of the .....

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