The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), New Delhi bench comprising Justice Manni Sankariah Shanmuga Sundaram (Judicial Member) and Dr. Sanjeev Ranjan (Technical Member) has dismissed petition filed by Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, seeking initiation of insolvency proceedings against Cue Learn Private Limited, an ed tech company. The Tribunal noted that the claim in question pertained to a breach of contract and was at best, a claim for liquidated damages. “Such claims require adjudication before a competent civil court and do not constitute crystallized debts that can be pursued under the insolvency resolution process”, the Tribunal remarked.
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Akshay Kumar (Applicant/Operational Creditor) filed the…
