Pre-existing contractual disputes embedded in prior settlement...

Pre-existing contractual disputes embedded in prior settlement instruments and allocation agreements required contractual interpretation and quantification of liabilities, therefore they constituted a bona fide pre-existing dispute under the insolvency code and barred admission of a Section 9 petition; the tribunal affirmed the adjudicating authority's refusal to commence CIRP and noted estoppel and absence of a spurious defence, allowing the operational creditor to pursue remedies before appropriate fora.