https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=790091 Interest mentioned only in invoices, without any contract or established course of conduct showing acceptance or payment, cannot be added to operational debt under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. A unilateral invoice term does not create an enforceable interest liability where mutual consent is absent, and the claimed interest cannot be clubbed with the principal sum to satisfy the statutory default threshold for a Section 9 application. The dispute over interest also indicates a bona fide dispute on enforceability. As the principal outstanding remained below the threshold, the Section 9 application was not maintainable. en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:41:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=790091 Interest mentioned only in invoices, without any contract or established course of conduct showing acceptance or payment, cannot be added to operational debt under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. A unilateral invoice term does not create an enforceable interest liability where mutual consent is absent, and the claimed interest cannot be clubbed with the principal sum to satisfy the statutory default threshold for a Section 9 application. The dispute over interest also indicates a bona fide dispute on enforceability. As the principal outstanding remained below the threshold, the Section 9 application was not maintainable. Case-Laws IBC Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=790091