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2020 (8) TMI 741 - SC - Insolvency and BankruptcyMaintainability of application - initiation of CIRP - Advance made to Proprietorship firm in 2003 and 2004 - the firm was taken over by the Company - conversion of loan into share - Corporate Debtor failed to make repayment of its dues - time limitation - Existence of financial debit - HELD THAT:- This Applicant, has not placed any material disclosing how this debt is still alive after lapse of three years from the date of disbursement. Whenever any claim is made, when it is beyond three years period as envisaged under Article 136 of the Limitation Act, the person making claim is bound to disclose and explain as to how the debt claim is not barred by limitation. No such effort has been made by these Applicants to prove that this is within limitation. Even if the Corporate Debtor statement is taken as true, the limitation would start running from the year 2007. Since the winding up petition was filed in the year 2013, even from the year 2007, these Applicants could have filed winding proceedings within three years from thereof, not in the year 2013, Conceding everything as stated by the applicants, then also the debt claim would remain barred by limitation. The NCLT rightly refused to admit the application under Section 7 of the IBC, holding the same to be barred by limitation. The Appellate Tribunal has erred in law in reversing the judgment and order of the earlier Adjudicating Authority. The Adjudicating Authority rightly rejected the application as barred by limitation. The Appellate Authority patently erred in law in reversing the decision of the adjudicating authority and admitting the application. Existence of financial debit - HELD THAT:- Explanation to Section 5(8) which relates to real estate projects is of no relevance in the facts and circumstances of this case. The payment received for shares, duly issued to a third party at the request of the payee as evident from official records, cannot be a debt, not to speak of financial debt. Shares of a company are transferable subject to restrictions, if any, in its Articles of Association and attract dividend when the company makes profits. Appeal allowed.
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