https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=786416 A pre-existing dispute under Sections 8 and 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code was found where contemporaneous communications, debit notes and ledger entries pre-dated the Section 8 demand and supported a plausible, non feeble defence; therefore the reply to the demand notice constituted a valid notice of dispute. Applying the admission-stage test in Section 9(5)(ii)(d) - whether a prima facie plausible dispute exists requiring further investigation - the adjudicating authority should have rejected the Section 9 application, making the CIRP initiation and appointment of the IRP unsustainable. en-us Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:04:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=786416 A pre-existing dispute under Sections 8 and 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code was found where contemporaneous communications, debit notes and ledger entries pre-dated the Section 8 demand and supported a plausible, non feeble defence; therefore the reply to the demand notice constituted a valid notice of dispute. Applying the admission-stage test in Section 9(5)(ii)(d) - whether a prima facie plausible dispute exists requiring further investigation - the adjudicating authority should have rejected the Section 9 application, making the CIRP initiation and appointment of the IRP unsustainable. Case-Laws IBC Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=786416