Supreme Court of India

K. Kishan v. M/s Vijay Nirman Company Pvt. Ltd.

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Reported as [2018] 10 S.C.R. 959
Bench R.F. Nariman and Indu Malhotra JJ.
Decided 14 August 2018

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We are of the view that the judgment of the Appellate Tribunal needs to be set aside and is therefore reversed.

Judgment, page 15

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Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: s.9 – Invocati on of the Code in respect of an operational debt where an arbitral a ward has been passed against the operational debtor which ha s not yet been finally adjudicated upon – Arbitration award i n favour of respondent – Notice under s.8 of the Code sent to KCPL to pay the award amount – Within 10 days, KCPL disputed the in voice and filed s.34 petition – Thereafter, respondent filed petit ion under s.9 of the Code – Held: Under the Code, insofar as an o perational debt is concerned, all that has to be seen is whether the said d ebt can be said

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