Limitation and acknowledgement: restructuring and working capital acknowledgments can reset date of default, keeping a Section 7 filing timely.

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....Application under Section 7 of the IBC must disclose the necessary ingredients and materially conform to Form I, but insignificant omissions do not mandate rejection where supporting materials establish default. Debt restructuring and subsequent working capital consortium agreements that acknowledge past liabilities can renew the debt and reset the relevant date(s) of default, thereby extending limitation under the Limitation Act through acknowledgement; where such acknowledgement appears in balance sheets and executed agreements within the limitation period, the Section 7 filing is timely. Pendency of parallel proceedings or counterclaims, or allegations of mala fide purpose, do not automatically bar invocation of IBC. Appeal dismissed.....