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2021 (6) TMI 415 - NATIONAL COMPANY LAW TRIBUNAL , CHENNAI BENCHMaintainability of application - initiation of CIRP - Corporate Debtor failed to make repayment of its dues - Financial Creditors - existence of debt and dispute or not - Time Limitation - HELD THAT:- Section 3 of the Limitation Act, 1963 states that subject to the provisions contained in sections 4 to 24 (inclusive), every suit instituted, appeal preferred, and application made after the prescribed period shall be dismissed, although limitation has not been set up as a defence. In the present case, the Corporate Debtor has prima facie set up the Limitation as a defence in the present Application - From Part - IV of the Application, it is seen that the Financial Creditor has failed to state the Date of Default in the Application. Further, no pleadings as such has been made by the Financial Creditor as to how the present Application falls well within the period of limitation. The Respondent has mentioned the 'Date of Default', however has failed to come up with any pleading in support of the same, and the Hon'ble Apex Court, in the absence of any pleading or averment in regard to the Date of Default and the acknowledgments being made subsequent to it, has stated that the debt is barred by limitation. As to the facts of the present case, the Financial Creditor, has failed to mention the 'Date of Default' in Part - IV of the Application, let alone any averments being made in relation to the acknowledgment of debt - In order to arrive at a conclusion and in order to ascertain the 'debt' and 'default', the Adjudicating Authority has to come to the conclusion only based upon the documents which are filed by the parties. If the parties fail to file any documents, inspite of opportunity being granted, then the Tribunal is perforce required to arrive at a conclusion based on the documents available on record and cannot arrive at a conclusion on premises and suppositions. The debt as claimed by the Financial Creditor is time barred and the Financial Creditor has failed to place on record any shred of document recognized under the law to substantiate that the debt falls well within the period of limitation - this Adjudicating Authority, based on the documents filed by the Financial Creditor, comes to an irresistible conclusion that the debt on the part of the Respondent/Corporate Guarantor is time barred and as such the Application filed by the Financial Creditor is liable to be dismissed - Application dismissed.
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