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Issues: Whether the appeal against the third member's opinion should be decided on merits at that stage, and whether subsequent events could be placed before the Adjudicating Authority for consideration in the pending Section 7 proceedings.
Analysis: The reference to the third member arose because the Members of the Tribunal had differed in opinion, and under the statutory scheme the matter had to be decided according to the opinion of the majority of Members who had heard the case. The impugned opinion only directed that the record be placed before the Adjudicating Authority for passing an appropriate order in the company petition. The appeal was considered in the light of later developments relating to execution proceedings and the possibility of their bearing on the Section 7 proceedings. It was held that subsequent events having a material bearing on the insolvency proceedings may be placed before the Adjudicating Authority, and that no opinion should be expressed on the merits of the rival submissions at that stage.
Conclusion: The appeal was not adjudicated on merits; the parties were permitted to place subsequent events before the Adjudicating Authority, and the matter was left for decision in accordance with law.
Final Conclusion: The decision left the insolvency controversy to be considered by the Adjudicating Authority in light of subsequent events, without the appellate forum entering into the substantive merits.
Ratio Decidendi: In proceedings under the insolvency framework, material subsequent events may be brought before the Adjudicating Authority, and where the appellate court declines to enter into merits at that stage, the dispute remains for determination by the forum seized of the company petition according to law.