Whether a judgment creditor can withdraw decretal amount/money deposited by Corporate Debtor (judgment debtor) in a Trial Court during moratorium under Section 14 of IBC – Reliance Communication Ltd. Vs. Rajendra P. Bansal – Bombay High Court
Hon’ble High Court held that NCLT could never sit in appeal over the judgment/decree of a Civil Court. Such a judgment/decree can only be corrected in appeal and, therefore, the NCLT would not have jurisdiction to hear and decide the First Appeal. Section 231 creates a bar on the jurisdiction of a civil court only where the Adjudicating Authority (i.e., NCLT in this case) has the jurisdiction over a given issue. The moratorium that is imposed under Section 14 applies only to proceedings against the corporate debtor and only applies qua the assets and properties of the corporate debtor. If monies deposited in court or any other asset/property does not belong to the corporate debtor, the moratorium would not preclude/prevent a creditor from enforcing its rights against the monies/assets/properties.
