Concessional penalty for search-disclosed unreconciled jewellery applies where substantive disclosure conditions are met despite omission from origina...
Petitioners, Managing Director and Director of Ms. Kudos Chemie Pvt. Ltd., sought stay of proceedings u/s 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, invoking Section 96 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. HC held proceedings u/s 138 NI Act penal in nature, not in respect of any debt. Directors cannot escape penal liability u/ss 138/141 NI Act due to company's insolvency. Section 96 IBC not a bar to continue Section 138 proceedings against Directors. Petition dismissed as misuse of process to delay 9-year-old proceedings.
Petitioners, Managing Director and Director of Ms. Kudos Chemie Pvt. Ltd., sought stay of proceedings u/s 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, invoking Section 96 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. HC held proceedings u/s 138 NI Act penal in nature, not in respect of any debt. Directors cannot escape penal liability u/ss 138/141 NI Act due to company's insolvency. Section 96 IBC not a bar to continue Section 138 proceedings against Directors. Petition dismissed as misuse of process to delay 9-year-old proceedings.
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