https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=369371 Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 is maintainable only where an operational debt is unpaid and no pre-existing dispute is shown before service of the demand notice. A genuine, earlier and consistently maintained dispute, especially one supported by prior proceedings or adverse adjudications, takes the matter outside insolvency resolution and prevents the process from being used as a debt recovery tool. On the stated facts, the operational creditor's claim had already been rejected in earlier proceedings and liability remained disputed, so the basis for admitting the petition was absent; the Appellate Tribunal's interim order was therefore unsustainable. en-us Tue, 23 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:30:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=369371 Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 is maintainable only where an operational debt is unpaid and no pre-existing dispute is shown before service of the demand notice. A genuine, earlier and consistently maintained dispute, especially one supported by prior proceedings or adverse adjudications, takes the matter outside insolvency resolution and prevents the process from being used as a debt recovery tool. On the stated facts, the operational creditor's claim had already been rejected in earlier proceedings and liability remained disputed, so the basis for admitting the petition was absent; the Appellate Tribunal's interim order was therefore unsustainable. Case-Laws IBC Tue, 23 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=369371