The NCLAT, an Appellate Tribunal, addressed the issue of...

The NCLAT, an Appellate Tribunal, addressed the issue of maintainability of a section 9 application due to non-fulfillment of the prescribed threshold of Rs.1 crore and the existence of a disputed interest claim. The Corporate Debtor disputed the interest claim, leading to the conclusion that the interest amount could not be clubbed with the principal amount as per Section 4 of the IBC. The Adjudicating Authority correctly dismissed the application based on previous tribunal judgments. The appellant cited a judgment regarding interest on delayed payments but failed to establish that the interest claim was undisputed. As the claim for interest was contested, CIRP initiation was deemed inappropriate. The Adjudicating Authority's rejection of the Section 9 application was upheld, and the appeal was dismissed.