Supreme Court of India

Macquarie Bank Limited v. Shilpi Cable Technologies Ltd.

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Reported as [2017] 13 S.C.R. 751
Bench R. F. Nariman and Navin Sinha JJ.
Decided 15 December 2017

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We hold that the conditions required by Rule 184 of the Rules must be impliedly imported in Section 438 of the Code so as to form the main guidelines which have to be followed while the court exercises its power under Section 438 of the Code in offences contemplated by Rule 184 of the Rules.

Judgment, page 44

From the headnote

Insolvency and Bankntptcy Code, 2016: s.9(3)(c) - Provision in relation to operational debt, contained in s.9(3)(c) of the Code if mandatory or directory - Held: Sub- clause (c) of s.9(3) makes it clear that a copy of the certificate from the financial institution maintaining accounts of the operational creditor confirming that .there is no payment of an unpaid operational debt by the corporate debtor is certainly not a condition precedent to trigger the insolvency process under the code - The expression "confirming" makes it clear that this is on~y a piece of evidence, albeit a very

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