Supreme Court of India

Kay Bouvet Engineering Ltd. v. Overseas Infrastructure Alliance (india) Private Limited

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Reported as [2021] 8 S.C.R. 109
Bench R. F. Nariman and B. R. Gavai JJ.
Decided 10 August 2021

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What the Court ordered

Resultantly, this appeal is allowed and the impugned order dated 21st December 2018, passed by NCLAT is quashed and set aside.

Judgment, page 26

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Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: ss. 8 and 9 – Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process – Application for initiation of CIRP by operational creditor – Maintainability of – Held : When a dispute truly exists in fact and is not spurious, hypothetical or illusory; and if a notice has been received by “Operational Creditor”, the adjudicating authority rejects the application f or initiation of CIRP – It is required that the notice by the “Corpo rate Debtor” must bring to the notice of “Operational Creditor” the existe nce of a dispute or the fact that a suit or arbitration proceedings re

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