https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=403167 A pre-existing dispute must exist before receipt of the demand notice or invoice to bar admission of a Section 9 insolvency application. Where no objection to the work or claim was raised before the first demand notice, and disputes were raised only afterwards, the statutory requirement of prior dispute is not met. A notice invoking arbitration issued after the demand notice does not alter that position, and withdrawal of an earlier petition does not change the relevant date for assessing dispute under the Code. On these facts, the application was maintainable and admission of CIRP was not interfered with. en-us Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 01 May 2021 09:24:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=403167 A pre-existing dispute must exist before receipt of the demand notice or invoice to bar admission of a Section 9 insolvency application. Where no objection to the work or claim was raised before the first demand notice, and disputes were raised only afterwards, the statutory requirement of prior dispute is not met. A notice invoking arbitration issued after the demand notice does not alter that position, and withdrawal of an earlier petition does not change the relevant date for assessing dispute under the Code. On these facts, the application was maintainable and admission of CIRP was not interfered with. Case-Laws Insolvency and Bankruptcy Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=403167