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Issues: Whether the closure of the corporate debtor's right to file reply and the absence of further opportunity of hearing warranted interference with the order passed on an application under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
Analysis: The application was at the pre-admission stage and the corporate debtor had been granted time to file a reply but failed to do so for about 40 days. The statutory mandate under Section 7(5) requires the Adjudicating Authority to take a prompt decision on admission or rejection of the application within the prescribed time frame. The admission stage is summary in nature and is confined to examining financial debt, default, and completeness of the application. Granting further adjournment in the circumstances would be inconsistent with the scheme and object of the insolvency and the time-bound process contemplated under the Code.
Conclusion: The refusal to grant further opportunity to file reply did not warrant interference, and the challenge to the impugned order failed.
Final Conclusion: The appeal was dismissed, and the impugned order was left undisturbed.
Ratio Decidendi: At the pre-admission stage of a Section 7 application, the Adjudicating Authority must act within the time-bound, summary framework of the Code, and a defaulting corporate debtor cannot claim further adjournment as of right when adequate to reply has already been afforded.
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