Interim Moratorium Bars New Financial Creditor Claims Against Personal Guarantor Under IBC Section 96 Proceedings

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....NCLAT held that during an interim moratorium under Section 96 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, no additional financial creditor can initiate fresh proceedings against a personal guarantor when legal actions are already underway. The Appellate Tribunal confined its review to the specific grounds presented, finding no apparent error in the lower tribunal's order rejecting subsequent applications. The tribunal emphasized that once proceedings under Section 95 are initiated with an interim moratorium, other creditors are precluded from filing parallel applications. Consequently, the appeal was dismissed for lacking substantive merit, with a recommendation to expedite the existing insolvency proceedings.....