Shikhhar Gupta

Admission in Balance Sheet – Mere Statutory Compliance or Admission of Debt?

Recently, a three judge bench of NCLAT in V. Padmakumar vs. Stressed Assets Stabilisation Fund (SAFS) & Anr. considered the issue that ‘whether admission of debt in balance sheet would amount to acknowledgement of debt which would further amount to extension of period of limitation as per Section 18 of the Limitation Act, 1963 (Limitation Act)’.