Section 7 admission upheld where debt and default were proved, despite OTS rejection, delayed disbursal and pending arbitration.

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....Section 7 admission was upheld because debt and default were established and the application was procedurally complete; the Adjudicating Authority was not required to investigate the causes of default or creditors' alleged role in delayed disbursal. Rejection of an OTS proposal did not bar initiation of CIRP, as settlement decisions remained within the creditor's commercial discretion. Omission of a specific date of default was not fatal where defaults were otherwise proved, and Section 10A was not attracted because the relevant defaults pre-dated the moratorium. Pending arbitration and allegations of recovery motive did not prevent insolvency proceedings on these facts.....