Pre-Existing Dispute Between Financial Creditor And Corporate Debtor Doesn’t Bar Petition U/S 7 Of IBC: NCLT
The National Company Law Tribunal, New Delhi bench comprising Chief Justice (Retd.) Ramalingam Sudhakar (President) and Avinash K. Srivatava (Technical Member) has held that a pre-existing dispute between the Financial Creditor and Corporate Debtor does not bar a petition under section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”) to be entertained. The Tribunal…