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2020 (6) TMI 649 - 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 Financial Debt ought to have been repaid by the Corporate Debtor to the Applicant in accordance with the Repayment schedule annexed to the facility Agreements. The Corporate Debtor failed to repay the amounts due as per the repayment schedules and the defaulted in payment of the Financial Debt. The last date of payment received by the Applicant is 24-11-2017. The CIBIL Report issued by TransUnion CIBIL reflects that the Corporate Debtor s assets are classified as Sub-Standard. The Applicant issued Notice dated 24-04-2017 demanding repayment under the 3 Agreements. However the Applicant has not received any payments - as per section 7 of the I B Code 2016 the contention of the Corporate Debtor that the debt is disputed is not maintainable as the existence of a dispute is of no consequence in an application filed under section 7 of the Code. The Application filed under sub-section (2) of section 7 of I B Code 2016 is complete. The existing financial debt of more than Rupees One Lakh against the corporate debtor and its default is also proved. Accordingly the application filed under section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code for initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process against the corporate debtor deserves to be admitted. Application admitted - moratorium declared.
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