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Issues: Whether the undated letter of comfort issued in favour of the financial creditor amounted to a contract of guarantee so as to treat the respondent as a corporate guarantor and render the Section 7 petition maintainable against it.
Analysis: The financial creditor invoked insolvency proceedings on the footing that the respondent had furnished a corporate guarantee. The respondent disputed the existence of any valid guarantee and relied on the absence of board authorization, the absence of the corporate debtor's signature, and the fact that the sanction letter separately referred to a corporate guarantee from another entity and a letter of comfort from the respondent. Under Section 126 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, a guarantee requires a surety, principal debtor, and creditor, and once such an arrangement is reduced into writing it must satisfy the essential ingredients of a contract of guarantee. The document in question was found to be undated, without seal or proper authorization, and not shown to have been issued in conformity with Section 179(3)(f) and Section 185 of the Companies Act, 2013. The Court also held that the cited authorities did not advance the creditor's case because a letter of comfort does not automatically create a legal relationship or a guarantee obligation.
Conclusion: The letter of comfort did not amount to a contract of guarantee, the respondent could not be treated as a corporate guarantor, and the Section 7 petition was not maintainable against it.
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