https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=767006 A Section 9 insolvency application is not maintainable where a genuine pre-existing dispute exists before the statutory demand notice. The record showed that objections to the invoices, fee claims, billing methodology, applied fee structure, and supporting documents were raised by the corporate debtor in its reply and later communications before notice was issued. Those objections were treated as a real and substantial dispute, not a feeble or illusory defence. The revised demand notice and subsequent writ proceedings did not remove the earlier dispute, so the petition had to be rejected at the threshold. en-us Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 08 Mar 2025 08:32:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=767006 A Section 9 insolvency application is not maintainable where a genuine pre-existing dispute exists before the statutory demand notice. The record showed that objections to the invoices, fee claims, billing methodology, applied fee structure, and supporting documents were raised by the corporate debtor in its reply and later communications before notice was issued. Those objections were treated as a real and substantial dispute, not a feeble or illusory defence. The revised demand notice and subsequent writ proceedings did not remove the earlier dispute, so the petition had to be rejected at the threshold. Case-Laws IBC Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=767006