Mar 31, 2023

NCLAT Holds that Application for Initiation of CIRP under Section 9 of IBC for Recovery of Interest is Not Maintainable

In Rohit Motawat v. Madhu Sharma Proprietor of Hind Chem Corporation & Anr.[1], the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (‘NCLAT’), New Delhi held that an application under Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (‘IBC’) for initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (‘CIRP’) being pursued only for the interest component, where the principal amount had already been paid in full, is not maintainable as the spirit of the legislation of the IBC is for ‘resolution of debt’ and not for ‘recovery’.

[1] Rohit Motawat v. Madhu Sharma Proprietor of Hind Chem Corporation & Anr., Comp. Appeal (AT) (Ins.). No. 1152 of 2022.

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