Appeal allowed to permit filing additional documents under Rule 55; Section 8(2) not a bar to supplementation

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....NCLAT allowed the appeal, set aside the impugned order and held that the IA filed by the appellant (corporate debtor) for placing additional documents on record should be permitted. The Tribunal found no abuse of process or intentional delay by the appellant, noting replies were filed within time and no adjournment was sought. Relying on Rule 55, the Tribunal observed that leave to file documents after reply is permissible and that Section 8(2) does not preclude later supplementation of record when pleadings conclude. The matter is remitted to the Adjudicating Authority to adjudicate the admissibility and relevancy of the proffered documents and proceed accordingly.....