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2020 (6) TMI 351 - Tri - Insolvency and BankruptcyMaintainability of application - initiation of CIRP - Corporate Debtor failed to make repayment of its dues - existence of debt and dispute or not - HELD THAT:- The plea of the Corporate Debtor that the Company is a solvent and 'going concern', cannot be made a ground for delaying the initiation of CIR Process or to keep in abeyance the instant Application as sought for as this Tribunal is required in case of a 'financial debt' which is due and in the event of 'default' as defined under I&B Code, 2016, is perforce required to admit the Application and the parties including the Corporate Debtor can have recourse during CIR Process to submit a Plan for restructuring if otherwise not disqualified. It is evident from the documents filed by the individual Financial Creditor in their respective petitions the debt is also not time barred in view of acknowledgments given by the Corporate Debtor to each of the Petitioner banks as contemplated under Section 18 of the Limitation Act, 1963. In any case, there is no denial of liability owed to the individual Financial Creditor by the Corporate Debtor. The Applications, as filed by the Financial Creditors are required to be admitted under Section 7 (5) of the I&B Code, 2016. Application admitted - moratorium declared.
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