Atul Nathalal Patel Vs Manish Pardasani (NCLAT Delhi)
NCLAT Delhi held that the cause of action for filing the under section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code arose on 16.12.2010, whereas, filing of an application in the year 2019 is hopelessly barred by time.
Facts- This Appeal has been filed challenging the Order dated 25.07.2023 passed by the Learned Adjudicating Authority (National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench – IV) admitting a Section 7 Application filed by the Respondents No. 1 to 3 herein. The Appellant, Suspended Director of the Corporate Debtor, Atul Projects India Private Limited, aggrieved by the Order has come up in this Appeal.
Conclusion- Held that long silence of the Financial Creditor after 16.12.2010 till filing of Police Complaint by Corporate Debtor itself speaks volumes of the ground realities and State of Affairs between the Parties. We, thus are satisfied that Application filed by the Financial Creditor was hopelessly barred by time and deserves to be rejected. Adjudicating Authority had only adverted to the one part of the submission of the Appellant that on commencement of limitation from 30.07.2019, the Application was barred by time, without adverting to and finding out as to when the cause of action arose for filing the Section 7 Application to the Financial Creditor. As and above the cause of action for filing the Application arose on 16.12.2010 and Section 7 Application which was filed by the Financial Creditor was hopelessly barred by time.
