Section 7 IBC- Action can be taken against Corporate Guarantor for Loan to Non-Corporate principal borrower: SC

Laxmi Pat Surana Vs Union Bank of India (Supreme Court) The fact that the principal borrower had availed of credit/loan and committed default and that the (corporate) guarantor/corporate debtor had offered guarantee in respect of the loan account is not disputed. What is urged by the appellant is that the acknowledgment of liability to pay the amount in question was by the principal borrower and that acknowledgment cannot be the basis to proceed against the corporate guarantor (corporate debtor). Section 18 of the Limitation Act, however, posits that a fresh period of limitation shall be compu...