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Issues: (i) Whether a petition under section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 was maintainable without consent of the Central Government under section 16G(1)(c) of the Tea Act, 1953; (ii) Whether the Government notification dated 28 January 2016 affected the maintainability of the petition; (iii) Whether a second petition for the same relief was maintainable after rejection of an earlier petition between the same parties.
Issue (i): Whether a petition under section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 was maintainable without consent of the Central Government under section 16G(1)(c) of the Tea Act, 1953.
Analysis: Section 16G(1)(c) of the Tea Act bars proceedings against a tea company under government control except with the consent of the Central Government. The corporate debtor was found to be covered by the notification placing its affairs and management under the Tea Board and the Central Government. On that basis, the statutory consent requirement was treated as a condition precedent for invoking insolvency proceedings.
Conclusion: The petition was not maintainable without prior consent of the Central Government.
Issue (ii): Whether the Government notification dated 28 January 2016 affected the maintainability of the petition.
Analysis: The notification was not set aside by the High Court and remained in force, even though its validity was under challenge and an interim arrangement had been made regarding certain tea estates. The operational creditor's reliance on the interim position did not amount to governmental consent for commencement of CIRP.
Conclusion: The notification continued to operate and supported the objection to maintainability.
Issue (iii): Whether a second petition for the same relief was maintainable after rejection of an earlier petition between the same parties.
Analysis: The earlier petition had been rejected on a technical ground relating to issuance of the section 8 notice. That defect was later cured, and the earlier rejection did not operate as a bar to the fresh petition. The objection based on the earlier order was therefore not accepted.
Conclusion: The second petition was maintainable on this ground.
Final Conclusion: The petition failed on the principal jurisdictional objection arising from the Tea Act and was rejected for want of Central Government consent, despite the objection based on the earlier petition not being sustained.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a tea company remains under a governmental takeover regime, insolvency proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code cannot be admitted unless the statutory consent required by the Tea Act is first obtained, and the Code does not override that special regime in the absence of inconsistency.
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