Pre-existing contractual dispute bars CIRP admission; genuine settlement-linked dispute led to rejection of the Section 9 petition.

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....Pre-existing contractual disputes embedded in prior settlement instruments and allocation agreements required contractual interpretation and quantification of liabilities, therefore they constituted a bona fide pre-existing dispute under the insolvency code and barred admission of a Section 9 petition; the tribunal affirmed the adjudicating authority's refusal to commence CIRP and noted estoppel and absence of a spurious defence, allowing the operational creditor to pursue remedies before appropriate fora.....